#EDC64E#EDC64E

#EDC64E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.142 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC64E
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, 1.17, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 63.03, 88.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.002 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.142 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4972, 58.9460, 15.6082)
Luminance	0.5894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC64E #4E75ED

analogous

#ED774E #EDC64E #C5ED4E

triadic

#EDC64E #4EEDC6 #C64EED

tetradic

#EDC64E #4EED77 #4E75ED #ED4EC5

square

#EDC64E #4EED77 #4E75ED #ED4EC5

split-complementary

#EDC64E #4EC5ED #774EED

monochromatic

#AF8812 #E6B417 #EDC64E #F3D886 #F8EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#EDC64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC64E

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC64E	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)

#DBC33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.142 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d685',
    500: '#edc64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc64e;
$custom-light: #f7d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83898,
    "c": 0.14209,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC64E

secondary

#304FAF

accent

#3CDE08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC64E

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

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