#EDEC8D#EDEC8D

#EDEC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.117 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC8D
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 141)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 40.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.65, -13.05, 46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.65, 47.92, 105.81°)
OKLab	oklab(92.34% -0.0362 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(92.34% 0.117 108)
XYZ	xyz(69.7293, 79.9200, 36.9470)
Luminance	0.7992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC8D #8D8EED

analogous

#EDBC8D #EDEC8D #BEED8D

triadic

#EDEC8D #8DEDEC #EC8DED

tetradic

#EDEC8D #8DEDBC #8D8EED #ED8DBE

square

#EDEC8D #8DEDBC #8D8EED #ED8DBE

split-complementary

#EDEC8D #8DBEED #BC8DED

monochromatic

#DCDA23 #E5E358 #EDEC8D #F5F5C2 #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDEC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.98

#EDEC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC8D

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC8D	1.00	1.24	16.98	16.98
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.117 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2b0',
    500: '#edec8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec8d;
$custom-light: #f4f2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.375,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92344,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.79919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC8D

secondary

#5657C8

accent

#13D511

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC8D

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

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