#EDEDB5#EDEDB5

#EDEDB5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.072 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEDB5
RGB	rgb(237, 237, 181)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(60, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 23.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.54, -8.78, 27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.54, 28.61, 107.88°)
OKLab	oklab(93.25% -0.022 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(93.25% 0.072 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(73.5496, 81.9101, 55.6428)
Luminance	0.8191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEDB5 #B5B5ED

analogous

#EDD1B5 #EDEDB5 #D1EDB5

triadic

#EDEDB5 #B5EDED #EDB5ED

tetradic

#EDEDB5 #B5EDD1 #B5B5ED #EDB5D1

square

#EDEDB5 #B5EDD1 #B5B5ED #EDB5D1

split-complementary

#EDEDB5 #B5D1ED #D1B5ED

monochromatic

#D5D553 #E1E184 #EDEDB5 #F9F9E6 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EDEDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.38

#EDEDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEDB5

17.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEDB5	1.00	1.21	17.38	17.38
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E8B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8EBB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E6DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ededb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 237, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.072 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2cb',
    500: '#ededb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ededb5;
$custom-light: #f3f2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ededb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93253,
    "c": 0.07233,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEDB5

secondary

#7C7CCA

accent

#1DC91D

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFA

border

#D6D6D3

text

#171713

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEDB5

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

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