#EDED99#EDED99

#EDED99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.105 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDED99
RGB	rgb(237, 237, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(60, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.08, -12.26, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.08, 42.55, 106.74°)
OKLab	oklab(92.74% -0.0331 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(92.74% 0.105 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.9598, 80.8741, 42.0030)
Luminance	0.8087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDED99 #9999ED

analogous

#EDC399 #EDED99 #C3ED99

triadic

#EDED99 #99EDED #ED99ED

tetradic

#EDED99 #99EDC3 #9999ED #ED99C3

square

#EDED99 #99EDC3 #9999ED #ED99C3

split-complementary

#EDED99 #99C3ED #C399ED

monochromatic

#DBDB31 #E4E465 #EDED99 #F6F6CD #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EDED99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.17

#EDED99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDED99

17.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDED99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDED99	1.00	1.22	17.17	17.17
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eded99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 237, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.105 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2b8',
    500: '#eded99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eded99;
$custom-light: #f4f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eded99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92738,
    "c": 0.10544,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDED99

secondary

#6161C9

accent

#14D214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDED99

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

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