#EDECA8#EDECA8

#EDECA8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.087 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDECA8
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 168)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(59, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 29.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.05, -9.98, 33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.05, 34.66, 106.73°)
OKLab	oklab(92.8% -0.0258 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(92.8% 0.087 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.9887, 80.8238, 48.8464)
Luminance	0.8082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDECA8 #A8A9ED

analogous

#EDCAA8 #EDECA8 #CCEDA8

triadic

#EDECA8 #A8EDEC #ECA8ED

tetradic

#EDECA8 #A8EDCA #A8A9ED #EDA8CC

square

#EDECA8 #A8EDCA #A8A9ED #EDA8CC

split-complementary

#EDECA8 #A8CCED #CAA8ED

monochromatic

#D8D643 #E3E175 #EDECA8 #F7F7DB #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EDECA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#EDECA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDECA8

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDECA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDECA8	1.00	1.22	17.16	17.16
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E7A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9EAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edeca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.087 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2c2',
    500: '#edeca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edeca8;
$custom-light: #f3f2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edeca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92797,
    "c": 0.08685,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDECA8

secondary

#6F71CA

accent

#1BCE18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDECA8

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

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