#EDEA9E#EDEA9E

#EDEA9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.096 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEA9E
RGB	rgb(237, 234, 158)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 33.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.38, -10.19, 37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.38, 38.71, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(92.21% -0.0269 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(92.21% 0.096 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.5201, 79.3202, 43.9366)
Luminance	0.7932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEA9E #9EA1ED

analogous

#EDC39E #EDEA9E #C8ED9E

triadic

#EDEA9E #9EEDEA #EA9EED

tetradic

#EDEA9E #9EEDC3 #9EA1ED #ED9EC8

square

#EDEA9E #9EEDC3 #9EA1ED #ED9EC8

split-complementary

#EDEA9E #9EC8ED #C39EED

monochromatic

#DAD437 #E3DF6A #EDEA9E #F7F5D2 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#EDEA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEA9E

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEA9E	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)

#F6E499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edea9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 234, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.096 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0bb',
    500: '#edea9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edea9e;
$custom-light: #f4f0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edea9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.722,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9221,
    "c": 0.09624,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEA9E

secondary

#666AC9

accent

#1CD115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEA9E

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

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