#EDEC89#EDEC89

#EDEC89 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.122 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC89
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 137)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 42.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.60, -13.46, 47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.60, 49.83, 105.67°)
OKLab	oklab(92.29% -0.0377 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(92.29% 0.122 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.4371, 79.8031, 35.4078)
Luminance	0.7980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC89 #898AED

analogous

#EDBA89 #EDEC89 #BCED89

triadic

#EDEC89 #89EDEC #EC89ED

tetradic

#EDEC89 #89EDBA #898AED #ED89BC

square

#EDEC89 #89EDBA #898AED #ED89BC

split-complementary

#EDEC89 #89BCED #BA89ED

monochromatic

#DAD821 #E5E354 #EDEC89 #F5F5BE #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDEC89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#EDEC89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC89

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC89	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE98D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.122 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2ad',
    500: '#edec89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec89;
$custom-light: #f4f2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.4,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92286,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC89

secondary

#5254C8

accent

#12D610

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC89

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

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