#EDCC61#EDCC61

#EDCC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.131 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCC61
RGB	rgb(237, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, -0.74, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 56.54, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.28% -0.0052 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(85.28% 0.131 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.6782, 62.0563, 20.1943)
Luminance	0.6205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCC61 #6182ED

analogous

#ED8661 #EDCC61 #C8ED61

triadic

#EDCC61 #61EDCC #CC61ED

tetradic

#EDCC61 #61ED86 #6182ED #ED61C8

square

#EDCC61 #61ED86 #6182ED #ED61C8

split-complementary

#EDCC61 #61C8ED #8661ED

monochromatic

#BE9616 #E7BA2A #EDCC61 #F3DE98 #FAEFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EDCC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#EDCC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCC61

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCC61	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)

#DFC956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.131 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db91',
    500: '#edcc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcc61;
$custom-light: #f6db91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85279,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCC61

secondary

#3655BD

accent

#3BDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCC61

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

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