#FFED9C#FFED9C

#FFED9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.842; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.103 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFED9C
RGB	rgb(255, 237, 156)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(49, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 38.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.55, -5.03, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.55, 41.75, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(94.27% -0.0128 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(94.27% 0.103 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(77.5265, 84.2311, 43.6204)
Luminance	0.8423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFED9C #9CAEFF

analogous

#FFBB9C #FFED9C #DFFF9C

triadic

#FFED9C #9CFFED #ED9CFF

tetradic

#FFED9C #9CFFBB #9CAEFF #FF9CDF

square

#FFED9C #9CFFBB #9CAEFF #FF9CDF

split-complementary

#FFED9C #9CDFFF #BB9CFF

monochromatic

#FFD722 #FFE25F #FFED9C #FFF8D9 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFED9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.85

#FFED9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFED9C

17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFED9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFED9C	1.00	1.18	17.85	17.85
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffed9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 237, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.103 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2ba',
    500: '#ffed9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffed9c;
$custom-light: #fff2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffed9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94268,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.84229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFED9C

secondary

#5D75E2

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFED9C

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

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