#EDEB8A#EDEB8A

#EDEB8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.120 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEB8A
RGB	rgb(237, 235, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 41.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.35, -12.86, 47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.35, 48.91, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(92.1% -0.0359 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(92.1% 0.12 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.2220, 79.2577, 35.6916)
Luminance	0.7926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEB8A #8A8CED

analogous

#EDB98A #EDEB8A #BDED8A

triadic

#EDEB8A #8AEDEB #EB8AED

tetradic

#EDEB8A #8AEDB9 #8A8CED #ED8ABD

square

#EDEB8A #8AEDB9 #8A8CED #ED8ABD

split-complementary

#EDEB8A #8ABDED #B98AED

monochromatic

#DBD722 #E5E255 #EDEB8A #F5F4BF #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#EDEB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEB8A

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEB8A	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE88E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edeb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 235, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.120 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f1ae',
    500: '#edeb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edeb8a;
$custom-light: #f4f1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edeb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.788,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92095,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEB8A

secondary

#5356C8

accent

#14D510

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEB8A

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

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