#EDEC74#EDEC74

#EDEC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; 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	#EDEC74
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 116)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 51.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.35, -15.36, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.35, 59.57, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(92.01% -0.0451 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(92.01% 0.143 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.0746, 79.2581, 28.2320)
Luminance	0.7926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC74 #7475ED

analogous

#EDB074 #EDEC74 #B2ED74

triadic

#EDEC74 #74EDEC #EC74ED

tetradic

#EDEC74 #74EDB0 #7475ED #ED74B2

square

#EDEC74 #74EDB0 #7475ED #ED74B2

split-complementary

#EDEC74 #74B2ED #B074ED

monochromatic

#CCCB1A #E6E53E #EDEC74 #F4F3AA #FBFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#EDEC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC74

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC74	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)

#FCE469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.143 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f29f',
    500: '#edec74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec74;
$custom-light: #f5f29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.504,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92011,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC74

secondary

#3F41C6

accent

#0ED90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC74

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

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