#EDCC4D#EDCC4D

#EDCC4D 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 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCC4D
RGB	rgb(237, 204, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 67.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, -1.97, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 65.03, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.0111 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.147 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.8603, 61.7292, 15.8870)
Luminance	0.6173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCC4D #4D6EED

analogous

#ED7C4D #EDCC4D #BEED4D

triadic

#EDCC4D #4DEDCC #CC4DED

tetradic

#EDCC4D #4DED7C #4D6EED #ED4DBE

square

#EDCC4D #4DED7C #4D6EED #ED4DBE

split-complementary

#EDCC4D #4DBEED #7C4DED

monochromatic

#AE8E12 #E6BB17 #EDCC4D #F3DC85 #F8ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EDCC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#EDCC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCC4D

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCC4D	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 204, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.147 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db85',
    500: '#edcc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcc4d;
$custom-light: #f7db85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.625,
    "s": 81.633,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85086,
    "c": 0.14653,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCC4D

secondary

#304AAF

accent

#34DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCC4D

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

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