#EDEC4A#EDEC4A

#EDEC4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.175 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC4A
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 74)
HSL	hsl(60, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 68.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.00, -18.10, 74.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.00, 76.60, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(91.62% -0.0572 0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(91.62% 0.175 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.1589, 78.4918, 18.1427)
Luminance	0.7849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC4A #4A4BED

analogous

#ED9A4A #EDEC4A #9CED4A

triadic

#EDEC4A #4AEDEC #EC4AED

tetradic

#EDEC4A #4AED9A #4A4BED #ED4A9C

square

#EDEC4A #4AED9A #4A4BED #ED4A9C

split-complementary

#EDEC4A #4A9CED #9A4AED

monochromatic

#ACAB11 #E3E217 #EDEC4A #F3F282 #F8F8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDEC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#EDEC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC4A

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC4A	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.175 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f186',
    500: '#edec4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec4a;
$custom-light: #f7f186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.632,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91622,
    "c": 0.17514,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC4A

secondary

#2F30AC

accent

#09DE07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC4A

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

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