#EDEC84#EDEC84

#EDEC84 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.127 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC84
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 132)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(59, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 44.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.53, -13.95, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.53, 52.20, 105.50°)
OKLab	oklab(92.22% -0.0396 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(92.22% 0.127 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.0867, 79.6630, 33.5625)
Luminance	0.7966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC84 #8485ED

analogous

#EDB884 #EDEC84 #B9ED84

triadic

#EDEC84 #84EDEC #EC84ED

tetradic

#EDEC84 #84EDB8 #8485ED #ED84B9

square

#EDEC84 #84EDB8 #8485ED #ED84B9

split-complementary

#EDEC84 #84B9ED #B884ED

monochromatic

#D7D51F #E5E44F #EDEC84 #F5F4B9 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDEC84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#EDEC84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC84

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC84	1.00	1.24	16.93	16.93
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE47B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.127 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2aa',
    500: '#edec84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec84;
$custom-light: #f4f2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.429,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92215,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC84

secondary

#4E4FC7

accent

#11D70F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC84

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

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