#EDCC65#EDCC65

#EDCC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.128 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCC65
RGB	rgb(237, 204, 101)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.98, -0.45, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.98, 54.74, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.0039 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.128 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.8694, 62.1328, 21.2014)
Luminance	0.6213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCC65 #6586ED

analogous

#ED8865 #EDCC65 #CAED65

triadic

#EDCC65 #65EDCC #CC65ED

tetradic

#EDCC65 #65ED88 #6586ED #ED65CA

square

#EDCC65 #65ED88 #6586ED #ED65CA

split-complementary

#EDCC65 #65CAED #8865ED

monochromatic

#C19817 #E7BA2E #EDCC65 #F3DE9C #FAF0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EDCC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#EDCC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCC65

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCC65	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 204, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.128 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db94',
    500: '#edcc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcc65;
$custom-light: #f6db94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85325,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCC65

secondary

#3758BF

accent

#3DDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCC65

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

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