#EDEC59#EDEC59
#EDEC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.165 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDEC59 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 236, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 80%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62.4%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(91.11, -17.29, 68.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(91.11, 71.01, 104.09°) |
| OKLab | oklab(91.74% -0.0534 0.1561) |
| OKLCH | oklch(91.74% 0.165 108.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(66.7258, 78.7186, 21.1286) |
| Luminance | 0.7872 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 2.82
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 2.89
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 3.48
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 3.79
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 3.84
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 3.91
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDEC59 #595AED
analogous
#EDA259 #EDEC59 #A4ED59
triadic
#EDEC59 #59EDEC #EC59ED
tetradic
#EDEC59 #59EDA2 #595AED #ED59A4
square
#EDEC59 #59EDA2 #595AED #ED59A4
split-complementary
#EDEC59 #59A4ED #A259ED
monochromatic
#B8B714 #E7E622 #EDEC59 #F3F290 #F9F9C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.25
#EDEC59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.74
#EDEC59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDEC59
16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDEC59 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDEC59 | 1.00 | 1.25 | 16.74 | 16.74 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FEE346
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFE862
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDDECE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E5E5E5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edec59; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.165 108.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6f18e',
500: '#edec59',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edec59; $custom-light: #f6f18e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edec59",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 236,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.595,
"s": 80.435,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.91738,
"c": 0.16502,
"h": 108.9
},
"luminance": 0.78717
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDEC59
secondary
#3334B7
accent
#0ADD09
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#18160D
muted
#86857F