#EDC64C#EDC64C

#EDC64C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.143 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC64C
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 76)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 67.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, 1.06, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 63.84, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% -0.0026 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.143 91)
XYZ	xyz(56.4266, 58.9178, 15.2363)
Luminance	0.5891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC64C #4C73ED

analogous

#ED764C #EDC64C #C4ED4C

triadic

#EDC64C #4CEDC6 #C64CED

tetradic

#EDC64C #4CED76 #4C73ED #ED4CC4

square

#EDC64C #4CED76 #4C73ED #ED4CC4

split-complementary

#EDC64C #4CC4ED #764CED

monochromatic

#AD8711 #E5B317 #EDC64C #F3D884 #F8E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC64C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#EDC64C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC64C

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC64C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC64C	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc64c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.143 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d684',
    500: '#edc64c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc64c;
$custom-light: #f7d684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc64c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.466,
    "s": 81.726,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83881,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.58914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC64C

secondary

#2F4EAE

accent

#3BDE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC64C

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

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