#EDEC72#EDEC72

#EDEC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.144 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC72
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.33, -15.53, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.33, 60.47, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(91.99% -0.0458 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(91.99% 0.144 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.9595, 79.2121, 27.6259)
Luminance	0.7921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC72 #7273ED

analogous

#EDAF72 #EDEC72 #B1ED72

triadic

#EDEC72 #72EDEC #EC72ED

tetradic

#EDEC72 #72EDAF #7273ED #ED72B1

square

#EDEC72 #72EDAF #7273ED #ED72B1

split-complementary

#EDEC72 #72B1ED #AF72ED

monochromatic

#CBC91A #E6E53C #EDEC72 #F4F3A8 #FBFBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.84

#EDEC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC72

16.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC72	1.00	1.25	16.84	16.84
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.144 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f29e',
    500: '#edec72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec72;
$custom-light: #f5f29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.512,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91987,
    "c": 0.14437,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC72

secondary

#3E3FC6

accent

#0EDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC72

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

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