#FFEDB3#FFEDB3

#FFEDB3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.851; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.076 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEDB3
RGB	rgb(255, 237, 179)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(46, 30%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 29.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.92, -2.37, 30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.92, 30.46, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(94.68% -0.0038 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(94.68% 0.076 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(79.6617, 85.0852, 54.8658)
Luminance	0.8508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEDB3 #B3C5FF

analogous

#FFC7B3 #FFEDB3 #EBFFB3

triadic

#FFEDB3 #B3FFED #EDB3FF

tetradic

#FFEDB3 #B3FFC7 #B3C5FF #FFB3EB

square

#FFEDB3 #B3FFC7 #B3C5FF #FFB3EB

split-complementary

#FFEDB3 #B3EBFF #C7B3FF

monochromatic

#FFD039 #FFDF76 #FFEDB3 #FFF8E0 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FFEDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.02

#FFEDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEDB3

18.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEDB3	1.00	1.17	18.02	18.02
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9EAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEF0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffedb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 237, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.076 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2ca',
    500: '#ffedb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffedb3;
$custom-light: #fff2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffedb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9468,
    "c": 0.07649,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.85083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEDB3

secondary

#708CE6

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181613

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEDB3

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

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