#EDEC99#EDEC99

#EDEC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.104 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC99
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.82, -11.76, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.82, 42.09, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(92.53% -0.0317 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(92.53% 0.104 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.6711, 80.2967, 41.9068)
Luminance	0.8030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC99 #999AED

analogous

#EDC299 #EDEC99 #C4ED99

triadic

#EDEC99 #99EDEC #EC99ED

tetradic

#EDEC99 #99EDC2 #999AED #ED99C4

square

#EDEC99 #99EDC2 #999AED #ED99C4

split-complementary

#EDEC99 #99C4ED #C299ED

monochromatic

#DBD931 #E4E265 #EDEC99 #F6F6CD #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EDEC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.06

#EDEC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC99

17.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC99	1.00	1.23	17.06	17.06
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.104 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2b8',
    500: '#edec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec99;
$custom-light: #f4f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.286,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92534,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC99

secondary

#6162C9

accent

#16D214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC99

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

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