#EDED9D#EDED9D

#EDED9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.101 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDED9D
RGB	rgb(237, 237, 157)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(60, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 33.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.14, -11.80, 38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.14, 40.59, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(92.81% -0.0315 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(92.81% 0.101 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.2957, 81.0085, 43.7722)
Luminance	0.8101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDED9D #9D9DED

analogous

#EDC59D #EDED9D #C5ED9D

triadic

#EDED9D #9DEDED #ED9DED

tetradic

#EDED9D #9DEDC5 #9D9DED #ED9DC5

square

#EDED9D #9DEDC5 #9D9DED #ED9DC5

split-complementary

#EDED9D #9DC5ED #C59DED

monochromatic

#DADA36 #E4E469 #EDED9D #F6F6D1 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EDED9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.20

#EDED9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDED9D

17.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDED9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDED9D	1.00	1.22	17.20	17.20
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eded9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 237, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.101 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2ba',
    500: '#eded9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eded9d;
$custom-light: #f4f2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eded9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92805,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.81007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDED9D

secondary

#6565C9

accent

#15D115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDED9D

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

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