#EDEC97#EDEC97

#EDEC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.107 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC97
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 151)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 36.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.79, -11.98, 41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.79, 43.07, 106.16°)
OKLab	oklab(92.5% -0.0324 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(92.5% 0.107 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.5073, 80.2312, 41.0441)
Luminance	0.8023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC97 #9798ED

analogous

#EDC197 #EDEC97 #C3ED97

triadic

#EDEC97 #97EDEC #EC97ED

tetradic

#EDEC97 #97EDC1 #9798ED #ED97C3

square

#EDEC97 #97EDC1 #9798ED #ED97C3

split-complementary

#EDEC97 #97C3ED #C197ED

monochromatic

#DBD92F #E4E263 #EDEC97 #F6F6CB #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EDEC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.05

#EDEC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC97

17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC97	1.00	1.23	17.05	17.05
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.107 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2b6',
    500: '#edec97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec97;
$custom-light: #f4f2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.302,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92501,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.8023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC97

secondary

#5F61C9

accent

#15D313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC97

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

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