#EDC95D#EDC95D

#EDC95D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.132 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC95D
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 93)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, 0.54, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 57.46, 89.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.64% -0.002 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(84.64% 0.132 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.7902, 60.5712, 19.0013)
Luminance	0.6057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC95D #5D81ED

analogous

#ED815D #EDC95D #C9ED5D

triadic

#EDC95D #5DEDC9 #C95DED

tetradic

#EDC95D #5DED81 #5D81ED #ED5DC9

square

#EDC95D #5DED81 #5D81ED #ED5DC9

split-complementary

#EDC95D #5DC9ED #815DED

monochromatic

#BB9115 #E7B726 #EDC95D #F3DB94 #F9EECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EDC95D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#EDC95D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC95D

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC95D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC95D	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc95d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.132 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d98f',
    500: '#edc95d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc95d;
$custom-light: #f6d98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc95d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84639,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC95D

secondary

#3456BA

accent

#3EDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC95D

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

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