#EDEC55#EDEC55

#EDEC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.168 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC55
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.08, -17.52, 70.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.08, 72.57, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(91.7% -0.0545 0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(91.7% 0.168 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.5624, 78.6532, 20.2679)
Luminance	0.7865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC55 #5556ED

analogous

#EDA055 #EDEC55 #A2ED55

triadic

#EDEC55 #55EDEC #EC55ED

tetradic

#EDEC55 #55EDA0 #5556ED #ED55A2

square

#EDEC55 #55EDA0 #5556ED #ED55A2

split-complementary

#EDEC55 #55A2ED #A055ED

monochromatic

#B4B313 #E7E61E #EDEC55 #F3F28C #F9F8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDEC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#EDEC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC55

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC55	1.00	1.26	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.168 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f18c',
    500: '#edec55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec55;
$custom-light: #f6f18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.605,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91704,
    "c": 0.16789,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC55

secondary

#3233B4

accent

#0ADD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC55

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

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