#EDEC5C#EDEC5C

#EDEC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.163 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC5C
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 92)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.13, -17.10, 67.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.13, 69.82, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(91.76% -0.0526 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(91.76% 0.163 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.8544, 78.7700, 21.8056)
Luminance	0.7877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC5C #5C5DED

analogous

#EDA45C #EDEC5C #A6ED5C

triadic

#EDEC5C #5CEDEC #EC5CED

tetradic

#EDEC5C #5CEDA4 #5C5DED #ED5CA6

square

#EDEC5C #5CEDA4 #5C5DED #ED5CA6

split-complementary

#EDEC5C #5CA6ED #A45CED

monochromatic

#BAB915 #E7E625 #EDEC5C #F3F293 #F9F9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#EDEC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC5C

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC5C	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)

#FEE34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.163 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f190',
    500: '#edec5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec5c;
$custom-light: #f6f190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.586,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91764,
    "c": 0.16279,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC5C

secondary

#3435B9

accent

#0BDC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC5C

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

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