#EDECA4#EDECA4

#EDECA4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.092 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDECA4
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 164)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(59, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 30.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.99, -10.47, 35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.99, 36.66, 106.60°)
OKLab	oklab(92.72% -0.0274 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(92.72% 0.092 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.6218, 80.6770, 46.9140)
Luminance	0.8068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDECA4 #A4A5ED

analogous

#EDC7A4 #EDECA4 #C9EDA4

triadic

#EDECA4 #A4EDEC #ECA4ED

tetradic

#EDECA4 #A4EDC7 #A4A5ED #EDA4C9

square

#EDECA4 #A4EDC7 #A4A5ED #EDA4C9

split-complementary

#EDECA4 #A4C9ED #C7A4ED

monochromatic

#D9D73E #E3E171 #EDECA4 #F7F7D7 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EDECA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14

#EDECA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDECA4

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDECA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDECA4	1.00	1.23	17.14	17.14
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E69F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9EAA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edeca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.092 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2bf',
    500: '#edeca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edeca4;
$custom-light: #f3f2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edeca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92724,
    "c": 0.09159,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDECA4

secondary

#6C6DCA

accent

#19CF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDECA4

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

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