#EDEDC5#EDEDC5

#EDEDC5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.052 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEDC5
RGB	rgb(237, 237, 197)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(60, 17%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 16.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.84, -6.52, 19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.84, 20.50, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(93.6% -0.0156 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(93.6% 0.052 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.2865, 82.6048, 64.7907)
Luminance	0.8260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEDC5 #C5C5ED

analogous

#EDD9C5 #EDEDC5 #D9EDC5

triadic

#EDEDC5 #C5EDED #EDC5ED

tetradic

#EDEDC5 #C5EDD9 #C5C5ED #EDC5D9

square

#EDEDC5 #C5EDD9 #C5C5ED #EDC5D9

split-complementary

#EDEDC5 #C5D9ED #D9C5ED

monochromatic

#D0D068 #DFDF96 #EDEDC5 #F8F8E8 #F8F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EDEDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.52

#EDEDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEDC5

17.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEDC5	1.00	1.20	17.52	17.52
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E9C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5EBC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E8E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ededc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 237, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.052 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2d6',
    500: '#ededc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ededc5;
$custom-light: #f3f2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ededc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93596,
    "c": 0.05229,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.82604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEDC5

secondary

#8C8CCA

accent

#25C025

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171714

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEDC5

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

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