#EDEC73#EDEC73

#EDEC73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.143 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC73
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 115)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 51.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.34, -15.45, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.34, 60.02, 104.91°)
OKLab	oklab(92% -0.0455 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(92% 0.143 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.0167, 79.2350, 27.9273)
Luminance	0.7923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC73 #7374ED

analogous

#EDAF73 #EDEC73 #B1ED73

triadic

#EDEC73 #73EDEC #EC73ED

tetradic

#EDEC73 #73EDAF #7374ED #ED73B1

square

#EDEC73 #73EDAF #7374ED #ED73B1

split-complementary

#EDEC73 #73B1ED #AF73ED

monochromatic

#CBCA1A #E6E53D #EDEC73 #F4F3A9 #FBFBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#EDEC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC73

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC73	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE467

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.143 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f29e',
    500: '#edec73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec73;
$custom-light: #f5f29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.508,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91999,
    "c": 0.14346,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC73

secondary

#3F40C6

accent

#0ED90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC73

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

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