#EDEC5D#EDEC5D

#EDEC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.162 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC5D
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.14, -17.04, 67.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.14, 69.42, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(91.77% -0.0523 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(91.77% 0.162 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.8984, 78.7876, 22.0373)
Luminance	0.7879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC5D #5D5EED

analogous

#EDA45D #EDEC5D #A6ED5D

triadic

#EDEC5D #5DEDEC #EC5DED

tetradic

#EDEC5D #5DEDA4 #5D5EED #ED5DA6

square

#EDEC5D #5DEDA4 #5D5EED #ED5DA6

split-complementary

#EDEC5D #5DA6ED #A45DED

monochromatic

#BBBA15 #E7E626 #EDEC5D #F3F294 #F9F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#EDEC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC5D

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC5D	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.162 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f191',
    500: '#edec5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec5d;
$custom-light: #f6f191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.583,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91773,
    "c": 0.16203,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC5D

secondary

#3435BA

accent

#0BDC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC5D

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

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