#EDCA60#EDCA60

#EDCA60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.131 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCA60
RGB	rgb(237, 202, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, 0.22, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 56.41, 89.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.0026 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.131 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.1595, 61.0932, 19.7928)
Luminance	0.6109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCA60 #6083ED

analogous

#ED8360 #EDCA60 #CAED60

triadic

#EDCA60 #60EDCA #CA60ED

tetradic

#EDCA60 #60ED83 #6083ED #ED60CA

square

#EDCA60 #60ED83 #6083ED #ED60CA

split-complementary

#EDCA60 #60CAED #8360ED

monochromatic

#BD9415 #E7B829 #EDCA60 #F3DC97 #F9EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EDCA60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#EDCA60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCA60

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCA60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCA60	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edca60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 202, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.131 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d991',
    500: '#edca60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edca60;
$custom-light: #f6d991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edca60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8487,
    "c": 0.1306,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCA60

secondary

#3557BC

accent

#3EDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCA60

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

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