#EDEC98#EDEC98

#EDEC98 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.105 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC98
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 152)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 35.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.80, -11.87, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.80, 42.58, 106.19°)
OKLab	oklab(92.52% -0.0321 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(92.52% 0.105 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.5888, 80.2638, 41.4736)
Luminance	0.8026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC98 #9899ED

analogous

#EDC298 #EDEC98 #C4ED98

triadic

#EDEC98 #98EDEC #EC98ED

tetradic

#EDEC98 #98EDC2 #9899ED #ED98C4

square

#EDEC98 #98EDC2 #9899ED #ED98C4

split-complementary

#EDEC98 #98C4ED #C298ED

monochromatic

#DBD930 #E4E264 #EDEC98 #F6F6CC #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EDEC98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.05

#EDEC98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC98

17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC98	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)

#F9E692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.105 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2b7',
    500: '#edec98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec98;
$custom-light: #f4f2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.294,
    "s": 70.248,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92517,
    "c": 0.10539,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC98

secondary

#6062C9

accent

#15D213

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC98

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

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