#EDEC86#EDEC86

#EDEC86 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.125 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC86
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 134)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 43.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.56, -13.75, 49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.56, 51.25, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(92.24% -0.0388 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(92.24% 0.125 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.2249, 79.7182, 34.2902)
Luminance	0.7972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC86 #8687ED

analogous

#EDB886 #EDEC86 #BBED86

triadic

#EDEC86 #86EDEC #EC86ED

tetradic

#EDEC86 #86EDB8 #8687ED #ED86BB

square

#EDEC86 #86EDB8 #8687ED #ED86BB

split-complementary

#EDEC86 #86BBED #B886ED

monochromatic

#D8D720 #E5E451 #EDEC86 #F5F4BB #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDEC86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#EDEC86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC86

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC86	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)

#FBE57E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE98B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.125 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2ab',
    500: '#edec86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec86;
$custom-light: #f4f2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.417,
    "s": 74.101,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92243,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC86

secondary

#5051C7

accent

#11D60F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC86

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

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