#EDC64D#EDC64D

#EDC64D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.143 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC64D
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 77)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 67.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, 1.12, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 63.44, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0023 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.143 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.4617, 58.9318, 15.4208)
Luminance	0.5893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC64D #4D74ED

analogous

#ED764D #EDC64D #C4ED4D

triadic

#EDC64D #4DEDC6 #C64DED

tetradic

#EDC64D #4DED76 #4D74ED #ED4DC4

square

#EDC64D #4DED76 #4D74ED #ED4DC4

split-complementary

#EDC64D #4DC4ED #764DED

monochromatic

#AE8812 #E6B317 #EDC64D #F3D885 #F8EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC64D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#EDC64D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC64D

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC64D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC64D	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc64d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.143 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d685',
    500: '#edc64d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc64d;
$custom-light: #f7d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc64d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.375,
    "s": 81.633,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83889,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC64D

secondary

#304FAF

accent

#3CDE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC64D

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

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