#EDEC5B#EDEC5B

#EDEC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.164 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC5B
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.12, -17.16, 68.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.12, 70.22, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(91.76% -0.0528 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(91.76% 0.164 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.8110, 78.7527, 21.5769)
Luminance	0.7875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC5B #5B5CED

analogous

#EDA35B #EDEC5B #A5ED5B

triadic

#EDEC5B #5BEDEC #EC5BED

tetradic

#EDEC5B #5BEDA3 #5B5CED #ED5BA5

square

#EDEC5B #5BEDA3 #5B5CED #ED5BA5

split-complementary

#EDEC5B #5BA5ED #A35BED

monochromatic

#B9B814 #E7E624 #EDEC5B #F3F292 #F9F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#EDEC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC5B

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC5B	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)

#FEE349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.164 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f190',
    500: '#edec5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec5b;
$custom-light: #f6f190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.589,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91755,
    "c": 0.16354,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC5B

secondary

#3435B8

accent

#0ADD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC5B

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

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