#EDEB96#EDEB96

#EDEB96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.106 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEB96
RGB	rgb(237, 235, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 36.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.52, -11.60, 41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.52, 43.10, 105.61°)
OKLab	oklab(92.28% -0.0314 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(92.28% 0.106 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.1393, 79.6246, 40.5225)
Luminance	0.7962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEB96 #9698ED

analogous

#EDBF96 #EDEB96 #C3ED96

triadic

#EDEB96 #96EDEB #EB96ED

tetradic

#EDEB96 #96EDBF #9698ED #ED96C3

square

#EDEB96 #96EDBF #9698ED #ED96C3

split-complementary

#EDEB96 #96C3ED #BF96ED

monochromatic

#DBD72E #E4E162 #EDEB96 #F6F5CA #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDEB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#EDEB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEB96

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEB96	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edeb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 235, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.106 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f1b6',
    500: '#edeb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edeb96;
$custom-light: #f4f1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edeb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.621,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9228,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEB96

secondary

#5E61C9

accent

#17D313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEB96

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

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