#EDEE96#EDEE96

#EDEE96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.814; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.110 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEE96
RGB	rgb(237, 238, 150)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(61, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.29, -13.08, 42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.29, 44.47, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(92.9% -0.0357 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(92.9% 0.11 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.0054, 81.3569, 40.8112)
Luminance	0.8136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEE96 #9796EE

analogous

#EEC396 #EDEE96 #C1EE96

triadic

#EDEE96 #96EDEE #EE96ED

tetradic

#EDEE96 #96EEC3 #9796EE #EE96C1

square

#EDEE96 #96EEC3 #9796EE #EE96C1

split-complementary

#EDEE96 #96C1EE #C396EE

monochromatic

#DBDD2D #E4E561 #EDEE96 #F6F7CB #FAFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EDEE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.27

#EDEE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEE96

17.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEE96	1.00	1.22	17.27	17.27
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE78F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edee96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 238, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.110 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f3b6',
    500: '#edee96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edee96;
$custom-light: #f4f3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edee96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.682,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92895,
    "c": 0.10996,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEE96

secondary

#5F5ECA

accent

#11D414

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEE96

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

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