#EDE9CD#EDE9CD

#EDE9CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.037 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE9CD
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 205)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(53, 14%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 13.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.99, -3.28, 14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.99, 14.48, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(92.98% -0.0067 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(92.98% 0.037 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.0824, 80.6909, 69.3653)
Luminance	0.8069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE9CD #CDD1ED

analogous

#EDD9CD #EDE9CD #E1EDCD

triadic

#EDE9CD #CDEDE9 #E9CDED

tetradic

#EDE9CD #CDEDD9 #CDD1ED #EDCDE1

square

#EDE9CD #CDEDD9 #CDD1ED #EDCDE1

split-complementary

#EDE9CD #CDE1ED #D9CDED

monochromatic

#CDC173 #DDD5A0 #EDE9CD #F7F5E8 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EDE9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14

#EDE9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE9CD

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE9CD	1.00	1.23	17.14	17.14
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.037 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f0dc',
    500: '#ede9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede9cd;
$custom-light: #f3f0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92982,
    "c": 0.03717,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.8069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE9CD

secondary

#959BC9

accent

#3DBA2B

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE9CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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