#EDEC60#EDEC60

#EDEC60 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 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC60
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.16, -16.84, 66.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.16, 68.20, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.8% -0.0514 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(91.8% 0.16 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.0339, 78.8418, 22.7509)
Luminance	0.7884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC60 #6061ED

analogous

#EDA560 #EDEC60 #A8ED60

triadic

#EDEC60 #60EDEC #EC60ED

tetradic

#EDEC60 #60EDA5 #6061ED #ED60A8

square

#EDEC60 #60EDA5 #6061ED #ED60A8

split-complementary

#EDEC60 #60A8ED #A560ED

monochromatic

#BDBC15 #E7E529 #EDEC60 #F3F397 #F9F9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#EDEC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC60

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC60	1.00	1.25	16.77	16.77
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.160 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f193',
    500: '#edec60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec60;
$custom-light: #f6f193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.574,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.918,
    "c": 0.1597,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC60

secondary

#3536BC

accent

#0BDC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC60

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

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