#EDEDB9#EDEDB9

#EDEDB9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.821; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.067 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEDB9
RGB	rgb(237, 237, 185)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(60, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 21.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.61, -8.24, 25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.61, 26.59, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(93.34% -0.0204 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(93.34% 0.067 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.9659, 82.0766, 57.8354)
Luminance	0.8208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEDB9 #B9B9ED

analogous

#EDD3B9 #EDEDB9 #D3EDB9

triadic

#EDEDB9 #B9EDED #EDB9ED

tetradic

#EDEDB9 #B9EDD3 #B9B9ED #EDB9D3

square

#EDEDB9 #B9EDD3 #B9B9ED #EDB9D3

split-complementary

#EDEDB9 #B9D3ED #D3B9ED

monochromatic

#D4D458 #E0E088 #EDEDB9 #F9F9E7 #F9F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EDEDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.42

#EDEDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEDB9

17.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEDB9	1.00	1.21	17.42	17.42
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E9B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7EBBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ededb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 237, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.067 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2ce',
    500: '#ededb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ededb9;
$custom-light: #f3f2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ededb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93336,
    "c": 0.06739,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.82076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEDB9

secondary

#8080CA

accent

#1FC71F

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171713

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEDB9

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

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