#EDEE97#EDEE97

#EDEE97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.814; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.109 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEE97
RGB	rgb(237, 238, 151)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(61, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.30, -12.97, 42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.30, 43.99, 107.15°)
OKLab	oklab(92.91% -0.0353 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(92.91% 0.109 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.0863, 81.3893, 41.2371)
Luminance	0.8139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEE97 #9897EE

analogous

#EEC497 #EDEE97 #C2EE97

triadic

#EDEE97 #97EDEE #EE97ED

tetradic

#EDEE97 #97EEC4 #9897EE #EE97C2

square

#EDEE97 #97EEC4 #9897EE #EE97C2

split-complementary

#EDEE97 #97C2EE #C497EE

monochromatic

#DBDD2E #E4E562 #EDEE97 #F6F7CC #FAFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EDEE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.28

#EDEE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEE97

17.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEE97	1.00	1.22	17.28	17.28
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edee97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 238, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.109 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f3b6',
    500: '#edee97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edee97;
$custom-light: #f4f3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edee97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.69,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92911,
    "c": 0.10886,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEE97

secondary

#605FCA

accent

#12D414

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEE97

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

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