#EDECE5#EDECE5

#EDECE5 is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.837; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.009 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDECE5
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 229)
HSL	hsl(53, 18%, 91%)
HSV	hsv(53, 3%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 3.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.30, -0.89, 3.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.30, 3.62, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(94.19% -0.0016 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(94.19% 0.009 100)
XYZ	xyz(79.0612, 83.6528, 86.0951)
Luminance	0.8365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDECE5 #E5E6ED

analogous

#EDE8E5 #EDECE5 #EAEDE5

triadic

#EDECE5 #E5EDEC #ECE5ED

tetradic

#EDECE5 #E5EDE8 #E5E6ED #EDE5EA

square

#EDECE5 #E5EDE8 #E5E6ED #EDE5EA

split-complementary

#EDECE5 #E5EAED #E8E5ED

monochromatic

#BBB79D #D4D2C1 #EDECE5 #F2F2ED #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#EDECE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.73

#EDECE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDECE5

17.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDECE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDECE5	1.00	1.18	17.73	17.73
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEEBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEECE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEEBEA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edece5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.009 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2ed',
    500: '#edece5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edece5;
$custom-light: #f2f2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edece5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 91.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94192,
    "c": 0.00938,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.83653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDECE5

secondary

#B2B5C4

accent

#539C49

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFD

border

#D6D6D5

text

#171616

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDECE5

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

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