#EDEC8A#EDEC8A

#EDEC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.121 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC8A
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 41.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.61, -13.36, 47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.61, 49.35, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(92.3% -0.0374 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(92.3% 0.121 108)
XYZ	xyz(69.5091, 79.8319, 35.7873)
Luminance	0.7983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC8A #8A8BED

analogous

#EDBA8A #EDEC8A #BCED8A

triadic

#EDEC8A #8AEDEC #EC8AED

tetradic

#EDEC8A #8AEDBA #8A8BED #ED8ABC

square

#EDEC8A #8AEDBA #8A8BED #ED8ABC

split-complementary

#EDEC8A #8ABCED #BA8AED

monochromatic

#DBD922 #E5E355 #EDEC8A #F5F5BF #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDEC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#EDEC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC8A

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC8A	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE98E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.121 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2ae',
    500: '#edec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec8a;
$custom-light: #f4f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.394,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.923,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.7983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC8A

secondary

#5355C8

accent

#12D510

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC8A

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

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