#EDEC5F#EDEC5F

#EDEC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.160 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC5F
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 95)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 59.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.15, -16.91, 66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.15, 68.61, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(91.79% -0.0517 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(91.79% 0.16 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.9881, 78.8235, 22.5100)
Luminance	0.7882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC5F #5F60ED

analogous

#EDA55F #EDEC5F #A7ED5F

triadic

#EDEC5F #5FEDEC #EC5FED

tetradic

#EDEC5F #5FEDA5 #5F60ED #ED5FA7

square

#EDEC5F #5FEDA5 #5F60ED #ED5FA7

split-complementary

#EDEC5F #5FA7ED #A55FED

monochromatic

#BCBB15 #E7E528 #EDEC5F #F3F396 #F9F9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#EDEC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC5F

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC5F	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)

#FEE34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.160 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f192',
    500: '#edec5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec5f;
$custom-light: #f6f192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 79.775,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91791,
    "c": 0.16048,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC5F

secondary

#3536BB

accent

#0BDC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC5F

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

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