#EDECB5#EDECB5

#EDECB5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.071 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDECB5
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 181)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(59, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 23.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.28, -8.28, 26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.28, 28.13, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(93.05% -0.0206 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(93.05% 0.071 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.2609, 81.3326, 55.5465)
Luminance	0.8133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDECB5 #B5B6ED

analogous

#EDD0B5 #EDECB5 #D2EDB5

triadic

#EDECB5 #B5EDEC #ECB5ED

tetradic

#EDECB5 #B5EDD0 #B5B6ED #EDB5D2

square

#EDECB5 #B5EDD0 #B5B6ED #EDB5D2

split-complementary

#EDECB5 #B5D2ED #D0B5ED

monochromatic

#D5D353 #E1DF84 #EDECB5 #F9F9E6 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EDECB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.27

#EDECB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDECB5

17.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDECB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDECB5	1.00	1.22	17.27	17.27
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E7B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7EAB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E5DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edecb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.071 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2cb',
    500: '#edecb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edecb5;
$custom-light: #f3f2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edecb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93051,
    "c": 0.07111,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDECB5

secondary

#7C7DCA

accent

#20C91D

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFA

border

#D6D6D3

text

#171613

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDECB5

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

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