#EDEC77#EDEC77

#EDEC77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.140 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC77
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 119)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 49.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.38, -15.11, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.38, 58.22, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(92.05% -0.0441 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(92.05% 0.14 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.2519, 79.3290, 29.1659)
Luminance	0.7933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC77 #7778ED

analogous

#EDB177 #EDEC77 #B3ED77

triadic

#EDEC77 #77EDEC #EC77ED

tetradic

#EDEC77 #77EDB1 #7778ED #ED77B3

square

#EDEC77 #77EDB1 #7778ED #ED77B3

split-complementary

#EDEC77 #77B3ED #B177ED

monochromatic

#CECD1B #E6E441 #EDEC77 #F4F4AD #FBFBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEC77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.87

#EDEC77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC77

16.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC77	1.00	1.25	16.87	16.87
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE46C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.140 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2a1',
    500: '#edec77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec77;
$custom-light: #f5f2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 76.623,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92047,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC77

secondary

#4243C6

accent

#0ED90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC77

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

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