#EDED9B#EDED9B

#EDED9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.103 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDED9B
RGB	rgb(237, 237, 155)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(60, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 34.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.11, -12.03, 39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.11, 41.57, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(92.77% -0.0323 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(92.77% 0.103 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.1263, 80.9408, 42.8803)
Luminance	0.8094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDED9B #9B9BED

analogous

#EDC49B #EDED9B #C4ED9B

triadic

#EDED9B #9BEDED #ED9BED

tetradic

#EDED9B #9BEDC4 #9B9BED #ED9BC4

square

#EDED9B #9BEDC4 #9B9BED #ED9BC4

split-complementary

#EDED9B #9BC4ED #C49BED

monochromatic

#DADA33 #E4E467 #EDED9B #F6F6CF #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EDED9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.19

#EDED9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDED9B

17.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDED9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDED9B	1.00	1.22	17.19	17.19
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eded9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 237, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.103 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2b9',
    500: '#eded9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eded9b;
$custom-light: #f4f2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eded9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92772,
    "c": 0.10317,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDED9B

secondary

#6363C9

accent

#14D114

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDED9B

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

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