#EDEC5E#EDEC5E

#EDEC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.161 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC5E
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.15, -16.97, 66.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.15, 69.01, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(91.78% -0.052 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(91.78% 0.161 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.9430, 78.8055, 22.2721)
Luminance	0.7880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC5E #5E5FED

analogous

#EDA45E #EDEC5E #A7ED5E

triadic

#EDEC5E #5EEDEC #EC5EED

tetradic

#EDEC5E #5EEDA4 #5E5FED #ED5EA7

square

#EDEC5E #5EEDA4 #5E5FED #ED5EA7

split-complementary

#EDEC5E #5EA7ED #A45EED

monochromatic

#BCBA15 #E7E627 #EDEC5E #F3F295 #F9F9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#EDEC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC5E

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC5E	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)

#FEE34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.161 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f191',
    500: '#edec5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec5e;
$custom-light: #f6f191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.58,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91782,
    "c": 0.16126,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC5E

secondary

#3536BA

accent

#0BDC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC5E

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

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