#EDEC88#EDEC88

#EDEC88 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.123 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC88
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 136)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 42.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.58, -13.56, 48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.58, 50.30, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(92.27% -0.0381 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(92.27% 0.123 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.3657, 79.7746, 35.0318)
Luminance	0.7977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC88 #8889ED

analogous

#EDB988 #EDEC88 #BBED88

triadic

#EDEC88 #88EDEC #EC88ED

tetradic

#EDEC88 #88EDB9 #8889ED #ED88BB

square

#EDEC88 #88EDB9 #8889ED #ED88BB

split-complementary

#EDEC88 #88BBED #B988ED

monochromatic

#DAD821 #E5E453 #EDEC88 #F5F4BD #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDEC88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#EDEC88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC88

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC88	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE98D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.123 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2ac',
    500: '#edec88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec88;
$custom-light: #f4f2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.406,
    "s": 73.723,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92271,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC88

secondary

#5253C8

accent

#12D610

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC88

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

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