#EDED9E#EDED9E

#EDED9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.100 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDED9E
RGB	rgb(237, 237, 158)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(60, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 33.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.15, -11.68, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.15, 40.09, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(92.82% -0.0311 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(92.82% 0.1 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.3814, 81.0428, 44.2237)
Luminance	0.8104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDED9E #9E9EED

analogous

#EDC69E #EDED9E #C6ED9E

triadic

#EDED9E #9EEDED #ED9EED

tetradic

#EDED9E #9EEDC6 #9E9EED #ED9EC6

square

#EDED9E #9EEDC6 #9E9EED #ED9EC6

split-complementary

#EDED9E #9EC6ED #C69EED

monochromatic

#DADA37 #E3E36A #EDED9E #F7F7D2 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EDED9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.21

#EDED9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDED9E

17.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDED9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDED9E	1.00	1.22	17.21	17.21
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eded9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 237, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.100 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2bb',
    500: '#eded9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eded9e;
$custom-light: #f4f2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eded9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92823,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.81042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDED9E

secondary

#6666C9

accent

#15D115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDED9E

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

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