#EDEC69#EDEC69

#EDEC69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.152 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC69
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 105)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 55.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.24, -16.22, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.24, 64.41, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(91.89% -0.0487 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(91.89% 0.152 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.4722, 79.0172, 25.0595)
Luminance	0.7902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC69 #696AED

analogous

#EDAA69 #EDEC69 #ACED69

triadic

#EDEC69 #69EDEC #EC69ED

tetradic

#EDEC69 #69EDAA #696AED #ED69AC

square

#EDEC69 #69EDAA #696AED #ED69AC

split-complementary

#EDEC69 #69ACED #AA69ED

monochromatic

#C4C318 #E6E532 #EDEC69 #F4F3A0 #FAFAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEC69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.80

#EDEC69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC69

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC69	1.00	1.25	16.80	16.80
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE35B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.152 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f198',
    500: '#edec69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec69;
$custom-light: #f5f198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91889,
    "c": 0.15232,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC69

secondary

#3839C2

accent

#0CDB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC69

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

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