#EDEC52#EDEC52

#EDEC52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.170 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC52
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 65.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.06, -17.69, 71.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.06, 73.70, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.68% -0.0552 0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(91.68% 0.17 109)
XYZ	xyz(66.4457, 78.6066, 19.6535)
Luminance	0.7861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC52 #5253ED

analogous

#ED9F52 #EDEC52 #A0ED52

triadic

#EDEC52 #52EDEC #EC52ED

tetradic

#EDEC52 #52ED9F #5253ED #ED52A0

square

#EDEC52 #52ED9F #5253ED #ED52A0

split-complementary

#EDEC52 #52A0ED #9F52ED

monochromatic

#B2B113 #E7E61B #EDEC52 #F3F289 #F9F8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDEC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#EDEC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC52

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC52	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.170 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f18a',
    500: '#edec52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec52;
$custom-light: #f6f18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.613,
    "s": 81.152,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91681,
    "c": 0.16997,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.78605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC52

secondary

#3132B2

accent

#09DE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC52

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

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