#EDECE9#EDECE9

#EDECE9 is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.839; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.004 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDECE9
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 233)
HSL	hsl(45, 10%, 92%)
HSV	hsv(45, 2%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 1.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.40, -0.19, 1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.40, 1.58, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(94.3% -0.0001 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(94.3% 0.004 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(79.6262, 83.8787, 89.0704)
Luminance	0.8388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDECE9 #E9EAED

analogous

#EDEAE9 #EDECE9 #ECEDE9

triadic

#EDECE9 #E9EDEC #ECE9ED

tetradic

#EDECE9 #E9EDEA #E9EAED #EDE9EC

square

#EDECE9 #E9EDEA #E9EAED #EDE9EC

split-complementary

#EDECE9 #E9ECED #EAE9ED

monochromatic

#B6B2A6 #D1CFC7 #EDECE9 #F1F0EE #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#EDECE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.78

#EDECE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDECE9

17.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDECE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDECE9	1.00	1.18	17.78	17.78
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDECE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDECE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEEBEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edece9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.004 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2f0',
    500: '#edece9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edece9;
$custom-light: #f2f2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edece9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 92.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94302,
    "c": 0.00415,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.83879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDECE9

secondary

#B8BBC2

accent

#629451

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FEFEFE

border

#D6D6D6

text

#171616

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDECE9

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

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