#EDEC76#EDEC76

#EDEC76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.141 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC76
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 118)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 50.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.37, -15.20, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.37, 58.67, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(92.03% -0.0445 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(92.03% 0.141 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.1922, 79.3051, 28.8513)
Luminance	0.7930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC76 #7677ED

analogous

#EDB176 #EDEC76 #B2ED76

triadic

#EDEC76 #76EDEC #EC76ED

tetradic

#EDEC76 #76EDB1 #7677ED #ED76B2

square

#EDEC76 #76EDB1 #7677ED #ED76B2

split-complementary

#EDEC76 #76B2ED #B176ED

monochromatic

#CECC1B #E6E440 #EDEC76 #F4F4AC #FBFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEC76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#EDEC76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC76

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC76	1.00	1.25	16.86	16.86
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE46B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE87C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.141 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2a0',
    500: '#edec76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec76;
$custom-light: #f5f2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.496,
    "s": 76.774,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92034,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC76

secondary

#4142C6

accent

#0ED90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC76

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

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