#EDED9C#EDED9C

#EDED9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.102 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDED9C
RGB	rgb(237, 237, 156)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(60, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 34.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.12, -11.91, 39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.12, 41.08, 106.86°)
OKLab	oklab(92.79% -0.0319 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(92.79% 0.102 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.2107, 80.9745, 43.3244)
Luminance	0.8097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDED9C #9C9CED

analogous

#EDC59C #EDED9C #C5ED9C

triadic

#EDED9C #9CEDED #ED9CED

tetradic

#EDED9C #9CEDC5 #9C9CED #ED9CC5

square

#EDED9C #9CEDC5 #9C9CED #ED9CC5

split-complementary

#EDED9C #9CC5ED #C59CED

monochromatic

#DADA34 #E4E468 #EDED9C #F6F6D0 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EDED9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.19

#EDED9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDED9C

17.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDED9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDED9C	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)

#FAE796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eded9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 237, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.102 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2ba',
    500: '#eded9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eded9c;
$custom-light: #f4f2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eded9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92789,
    "c": 0.10203,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.80973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDED9C

secondary

#6464C9

accent

#14D114

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDED9C

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

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