#EDEA99#EDEA99

#EDEA99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.102 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEA99
RGB	rgb(237, 234, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.30, -10.77, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.30, 41.18, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(92.13% -0.0288 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(92.13% 0.102 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.0985, 79.1515, 41.7159)
Luminance	0.7915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEA99 #999CED

analogous

#EDC099 #EDEA99 #C6ED99

triadic

#EDEA99 #99EDEA #EA99ED

tetradic

#EDEA99 #99EDC0 #999CED #ED99C6

square

#EDEA99 #99EDC0 #999CED #ED99C6

split-complementary

#EDEA99 #99C6ED #C099ED

monochromatic

#DBD531 #E4DF65 #EDEA99 #F6F5CD #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#EDEA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEA99

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEA99	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edea99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 234, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.102 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0b8',
    500: '#edea99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edea99;
$custom-light: #f4f0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edea99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92125,
    "c": 0.10196,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEA99

secondary

#6165C9

accent

#1AD214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEA99

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

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