#EDEC85#EDEC85

#EDEC85 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.126 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC85
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 133)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 43.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.55, -13.85, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.55, 51.73, 105.53°)
OKLab	oklab(92.23% -0.0392 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(92.23% 0.126 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.1554, 79.6905, 33.9246)
Luminance	0.7969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC85 #8586ED

analogous

#EDB885 #EDEC85 #BAED85

triadic

#EDEC85 #85EDEC #EC85ED

tetradic

#EDEC85 #85EDB8 #8586ED #ED85BA

square

#EDEC85 #85EDB8 #8586ED #ED85BA

split-complementary

#EDEC85 #85BAED #B885ED

monochromatic

#D8D620 #E5E450 #EDEC85 #F5F4BA #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDEC85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#EDEC85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC85

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC85	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE57C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.126 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2aa',
    500: '#edec85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec85;
$custom-light: #f4f2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.423,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92229,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC85

secondary

#4F50C7

accent

#11D60F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC85

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

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