#EDECA1#EDECA1

#EDECA1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.095 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDECA1
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 161)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(59, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 32.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.94, -10.83, 36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.94, 38.14, 106.50°)
OKLab	oklab(92.67% -0.0285 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(92.67% 0.095 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.3541, 80.5699, 45.5040)
Luminance	0.8057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDECA1 #A1A2ED

analogous

#EDC6A1 #EDECA1 #C8EDA1

triadic

#EDECA1 #A1EDEC #ECA1ED

tetradic

#EDECA1 #A1EDC6 #A1A2ED #EDA1C8

square

#EDECA1 #A1EDC6 #A1A2ED #EDA1C8

split-complementary

#EDECA1 #A1C8ED #C6A1ED

monochromatic

#D9D73A #E3E26E #EDECA1 #F7F6D4 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EDECA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#EDECA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDECA1

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDECA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDECA1	1.00	1.23	17.11	17.11
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E69C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edeca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.095 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2bd',
    500: '#edeca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edeca1;
$custom-light: #f4f2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edeca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.211,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92671,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDECA1

secondary

#696ACA

accent

#18D016

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDECA1

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

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