#EDCC60#EDCC60

#EDCC60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.132 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCC60
RGB	rgb(237, 204, 96)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -0.80, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 56.99, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.27% -0.0056 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(85.27% 0.132 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.6318, 62.0378, 19.9502)
Luminance	0.6203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCC60 #6081ED

analogous

#ED8560 #EDCC60 #C8ED60

triadic

#EDCC60 #60EDCC #CC60ED

tetradic

#EDCC60 #60ED85 #6081ED #ED60C8

square

#EDCC60 #60ED85 #6081ED #ED60C8

split-complementary

#EDCC60 #60C8ED #8560ED

monochromatic

#BD9615 #E7BA29 #EDCC60 #F3DE97 #F9EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EDCC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#EDCC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCC60

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCC60	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcc60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 204, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.132 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db91',
    500: '#edcc60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcc60;
$custom-light: #f6db91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcc60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85268,
    "c": 0.13191,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCC60

secondary

#3555BC

accent

#3BDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCC60

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

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