#EDED8E#EDED8E

#EDED8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.118 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDED8E
RGB	rgb(237, 237, 142)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 40.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.92, -13.44, 45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.92, 47.88, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(92.57% -0.0373 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(92.57% 0.118 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.0928, 80.5273, 37.4369)
Luminance	0.8053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDED8E #8E8EED

analogous

#EDBE8E #EDED8E #BEED8E

triadic

#EDED8E #8EEDED #ED8EED

tetradic

#EDED8E #8EEDBE #8E8EED #ED8EBE

square

#EDED8E #8EEDBE #8E8EED #ED8EBE

split-complementary

#EDED8E #8EBEED #BE8EED

monochromatic

#DCDC24 #E5E559 #EDED8E #F5F5C3 #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EDED8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#EDED8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDED8E

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDED8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDED8E	1.00	1.23	17.11	17.11
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEA92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eded8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 237, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.118 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2b0',
    500: '#eded8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eded8e;
$custom-light: #f4f2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eded8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92565,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDED8E

secondary

#5757C8

accent

#11D511

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDED8E

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

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