#EDEB99#EDEB99

#EDEB99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.103 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEB99
RGB	rgb(237, 235, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.56, -11.26, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.56, 41.63, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(92.33% -0.0302 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(92.33% 0.103 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.3840, 79.7225, 41.8111)
Luminance	0.7972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEB99 #999BED

analogous

#EDC199 #EDEB99 #C5ED99

triadic

#EDEB99 #99EDEB #EB99ED

tetradic

#EDEB99 #99EDC1 #999BED #ED99C5

square

#EDEB99 #99EDC1 #999BED #ED99C5

split-complementary

#EDEB99 #99C5ED #C199ED

monochromatic

#DBD731 #E4E165 #EDEB99 #F6F5CD #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDEB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#EDEB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEB99

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEB99	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edeb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 235, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.103 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f1b8',
    500: '#edeb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edeb99;
$custom-light: #f4f1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edeb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92329,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEB99

secondary

#6164C9

accent

#18D214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEB99

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

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