#EDECA2#EDECA2

#EDECA2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.094 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDECA2
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 162)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(59, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 31.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.96, -10.71, 36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.96, 37.65, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(92.69% -0.0281 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(92.69% 0.094 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.4426, 80.6053, 45.9703)
Luminance	0.8060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDECA2 #A2A3ED

analogous

#EDC6A2 #EDECA2 #C8EDA2

triadic

#EDECA2 #A2EDEC #ECA2ED

tetradic

#EDECA2 #A2EDC6 #A2A3ED #EDA2C8

square

#EDECA2 #A2EDC6 #A2A3ED #EDA2C8

split-complementary

#EDECA2 #A2C8ED #C6A2ED

monochromatic

#D9D73B #E3E26F #EDECA2 #F7F6D5 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EDECA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.12

#EDECA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDECA2

17.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDECA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDECA2	1.00	1.23	17.12	17.12
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E69D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E9A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edeca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.094 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2be',
    500: '#edeca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edeca2;
$custom-light: #f3f2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edeca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.2,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92688,
    "c": 0.09393,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDECA2

secondary

#6A6BCA

accent

#18CF16

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDECA2

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

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