#EDCC69#EDCC69

#EDCC69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.124 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCC69
RGB	rgb(237, 204, 105)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 55.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, -0.15, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 52.92, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.0026 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.124 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.0702, 62.2131, 22.2588)
Luminance	0.6221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCC69 #698AED

analogous

#ED8A69 #EDCC69 #CCED69

triadic

#EDCC69 #69EDCC #CC69ED

tetradic

#EDCC69 #69ED8A #698AED #ED69CC

square

#EDCC69 #69ED8A #698AED #ED69CC

split-complementary

#EDCC69 #69CCED #8A69ED

monochromatic

#C49918 #E6B932 #EDCC69 #F4DFA0 #FAF1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EDCC69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#EDCC69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCC69

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCC69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCC69	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D36D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcc69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 204, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.124 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db96',
    500: '#edcc69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcc69;
$custom-light: #f6db96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcc69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85372,
    "c": 0.12408,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCC69

secondary

#385BC2

accent

#3FDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCC69

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

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