#EDEC63#EDEC63

#EDEC63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.157 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC63
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 99)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 58.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.19, -16.64, 64.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.19, 66.95, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(91.83% -0.0505 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(91.83% 0.157 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.1746, 78.8981, 23.4923)
Luminance	0.7890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC63 #6364ED

analogous

#EDA763 #EDEC63 #A9ED63

triadic

#EDEC63 #63EDEC #EC63ED

tetradic

#EDEC63 #63EDA7 #6364ED #ED63A9

square

#EDEC63 #63EDA7 #6364ED #ED63A9

split-complementary

#EDEC63 #63A9ED #A763ED

monochromatic

#C0BE16 #E7E52C #EDEC63 #F3F39A #FAF9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEC63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#EDEC63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC63

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC63	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.157 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f194',
    500: '#edec63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec63;
$custom-light: #f6f194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91829,
    "c": 0.15731,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC63

secondary

#3637BE

accent

#0BDC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC63

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

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