#EDEDA5#EDEDA5

#EDEDA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.092 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEDA5
RGB	rgb(237, 237, 165)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(60, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 30.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.26, -10.85, 34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.26, 36.63, 107.22°)
OKLab	oklab(92.95% -0.0284 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(92.95% 0.092 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(72.0012, 81.2907, 47.4877)
Luminance	0.8129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEDA5 #A5A5ED

analogous

#EDC9A5 #EDEDA5 #C9EDA5

triadic

#EDEDA5 #A5EDED #EDA5ED

tetradic

#EDEDA5 #A5EDC9 #A5A5ED #EDA5C9

square

#EDEDA5 #A5EDC9 #A5A5ED #EDA5C9

split-complementary

#EDEDA5 #A5C9ED #C9A5ED

monochromatic

#D9D93F #E3E372 #EDEDA5 #F7F7D8 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EDEDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.26

#EDEDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEDA5

17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEDA5	1.00	1.22	17.26	17.26
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E7A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEAA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ededa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 237, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.092 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2c0',
    500: '#ededa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ededa5;
$custom-light: #f3f2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ededa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92946,
    "c": 0.09161,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEDA5

secondary

#6C6CCA

accent

#17CF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEDA5

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

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