#EDECC5#EDECC5

#EDECC5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.820; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.051 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDECC5
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 197)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(59, 17%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 16.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.59, -6.01, 19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.59, 20.01, 107.49°)
OKLab	oklab(93.4% -0.0142 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(93.4% 0.051 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.9978, 82.0274, 64.6945)
Luminance	0.8203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDECC5 #C5C6ED

analogous

#EDD8C5 #EDECC5 #DAEDC5

triadic

#EDECC5 #C5EDEC #ECC5ED

tetradic

#EDECC5 #C5EDD8 #C5C6ED #EDC5DA

square

#EDECC5 #C5EDD8 #C5C6ED #EDC5DA

split-complementary

#EDECC5 #C5DAED #D8C5ED

monochromatic

#D0CD68 #DFDD96 #EDECC5 #F8F7E8 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EDECC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.41

#EDECC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDECC5

17.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDECC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDECC5	1.00	1.21	17.41	17.41
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E9C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4EBC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E7E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edecc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.051 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2d6',
    500: '#edecc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edecc5;
$custom-light: #f3f2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edecc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93395,
    "c": 0.05104,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.82027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDECC5

secondary

#8C8ECA

accent

#29C025

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDECC5

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

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