#EDEC5A#EDEC5A

#EDEC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.164 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC5A
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.11, -17.23, 68.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.11, 70.62, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(91.75% -0.0531 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(91.75% 0.164 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.7681, 78.7355, 21.3512)
Luminance	0.7873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC5A #5A5BED

analogous

#EDA35A #EDEC5A #A5ED5A

triadic

#EDEC5A #5AEDEC #EC5AED

tetradic

#EDEC5A #5AEDA3 #5A5BED #ED5AA5

square

#EDEC5A #5AEDA3 #5A5BED #ED5AA5

split-complementary

#EDEC5A #5AA5ED #A35AED

monochromatic

#B8B714 #E7E623 #EDEC5A #F3F291 #F9F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#EDEC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC5A

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC5A	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.164 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f18f',
    500: '#edec5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec5a;
$custom-light: #f6f18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.592,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91746,
    "c": 0.16429,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC5A

secondary

#3334B8

accent

#0ADD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC5A

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

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