#EDEA9D#EDEA9D

#EDEA9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.097 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEA9D
RGB	rgb(237, 234, 157)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 33.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.36, -10.31, 37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.36, 39.20, 105.24°)
OKLab	oklab(92.19% -0.0273 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(92.19% 0.097 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.4344, 79.2859, 43.4851)
Luminance	0.7928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEA9D #9DA0ED

analogous

#EDC29D #EDEA9D #C8ED9D

triadic

#EDEA9D #9DEDEA #EA9DED

tetradic

#EDEA9D #9DEDC2 #9DA0ED #ED9DC8

square

#EDEA9D #9DEDC2 #9DA0ED #ED9DC8

split-complementary

#EDEA9D #9DC8ED #C29DED

monochromatic

#DAD436 #E4DF69 #EDEA9D #F6F5D1 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#EDEA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEA9D

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEA9D	1.00	1.25	16.86	16.86
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edea9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 234, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.097 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0ba',
    500: '#edea9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edea9d;
$custom-light: #f4f0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edea9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.75,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92193,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEA9D

secondary

#6569C9

accent

#1CD115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEA9D

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

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