#EDEC65#EDEC65

#EDEC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.156 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC65
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 101)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.21, -16.51, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.21, 66.11, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(91.85% -0.0499 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(91.85% 0.156 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.2714, 78.9369, 24.0021)
Luminance	0.7893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC65 #6566ED

analogous

#EDA865 #EDEC65 #AAED65

triadic

#EDEC65 #65EDEC #EC65ED

tetradic

#EDEC65 #65EDA8 #6566ED #ED65AA

square

#EDEC65 #65EDA8 #6566ED #ED65AA

split-complementary

#EDEC65 #65AAED #A865ED

monochromatic

#C1C017 #E7E52E #EDEC65 #F3F39C #FAFAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#EDEC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC65

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC65	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.156 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f196',
    500: '#edec65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec65;
$custom-light: #f6f196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91848,
    "c": 0.15568,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC65

secondary

#3738BF

accent

#0CDB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC65

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

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