#EDECA3#EDECA3

#EDECA3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.093 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDECA3
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 163)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(59, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 31.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.97, -10.59, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.97, 37.15, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(92.71% -0.0278 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(92.71% 0.093 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.5318, 80.6410, 46.4403)
Luminance	0.8064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDECA3 #A3A4ED

analogous

#EDC7A3 #EDECA3 #C9EDA3

triadic

#EDECA3 #A3EDEC #ECA3ED

tetradic

#EDECA3 #A3EDC7 #A3A4ED #EDA3C9

square

#EDECA3 #A3EDC7 #A3A4ED #EDA3C9

split-complementary

#EDECA3 #A3C9ED #C7A3ED

monochromatic

#D9D73D #E3E170 #EDECA3 #F7F7D6 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EDECA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.13

#EDECA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDECA3

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDECA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDECA3	1.00	1.23	17.13	17.13
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E69E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E9A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edeca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.093 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2bf',
    500: '#edeca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edeca3;
$custom-light: #f3f2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edeca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92706,
    "c": 0.09276,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.8064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDECA3

secondary

#6B6CCA

accent

#19CF16

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDECA3

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

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