#EDEA8D#EDEA8D

#EDEA8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.115 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEA8D
RGB	rgb(237, 234, 141)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 40.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.13, -12.06, 45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.13, 47.03, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(91.93% -0.0334 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(91.93% 0.115 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.1567, 78.7748, 36.7562)
Luminance	0.7877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEA8D #8D90ED

analogous

#EDBA8D #EDEA8D #C0ED8D

triadic

#EDEA8D #8DEDEA #EA8DED

tetradic

#EDEA8D #8DEDBA #8D90ED #ED8DC0

square

#EDEA8D #8DEDBA #8D90ED #ED8DC0

split-complementary

#EDEA8D #8DC0ED #BA8DED

monochromatic

#DCD723 #E5E058 #EDEA8D #F5F4C2 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEA8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#EDEA8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEA8D

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEA8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEA8D	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edea8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 234, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.115 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0b0',
    500: '#edea8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edea8d;
$custom-light: #f4f0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edea8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91934,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEA8D

secondary

#565AC8

accent

#17D511

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEA8D

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

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