#EDCC4C#EDCC4C

#EDCC4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.147 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCC4C
RGB	rgb(237, 204, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 67.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.76, -2.03, 65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.76, 65.43, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0114 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.147 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.8253, 61.7152, 15.7025)
Luminance	0.6171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCC4C #4C6DED

analogous

#ED7C4C #EDCC4C #BEED4C

triadic

#EDCC4C #4CEDCC #CC4CED

tetradic

#EDCC4C #4CED7C #4C6DED #ED4CBE

square

#EDCC4C #4CED7C #4C6DED #ED4CBE

split-complementary

#EDCC4C #4CBEED #7C4CED

monochromatic

#AD8D11 #E5BB17 #EDCC4C #F3DC84 #F8ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EDCC4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#EDCC4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCC4C

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCC4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCC4C	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcc4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 204, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.147 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db85',
    500: '#edcc4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcc4c;
$custom-light: #f7db85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcc4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.702,
    "s": 81.726,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85078,
    "c": 0.14722,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCC4C

secondary

#2F49AE

accent

#33DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCC4C

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

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