#EDEC8F#EDEC8F

#EDEC8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.115 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC8F
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 143)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 39.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.68, -12.85, 45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.68, 46.95, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(92.38% -0.0355 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(92.38% 0.115 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.8795, 79.9801, 37.7378)
Luminance	0.7998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC8F #8F90ED

analogous

#EDBD8F #EDEC8F #BFED8F

triadic

#EDEC8F #8FEDEC #EC8FED

tetradic

#EDEC8F #8FEDBD #8F90ED #ED8FBF

square

#EDEC8F #8FEDBD #8F90ED #ED8FBF

split-complementary

#EDEC8F #8FBFED #BD8FED

monochromatic

#DCDA26 #E5E35A #EDEC8F #F5F5C4 #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDEC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.00

#EDEC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC8F

17.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC8F	1.00	1.24	17.00	17.00
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.115 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2b1',
    500: '#edec8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec8f;
$custom-light: #f4f2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.362,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92375,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC8F

secondary

#5859C8

accent

#13D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC8F

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

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