#EDCD4C#EDCD4C

#EDCD4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.148 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD4C
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 67.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.02, -2.54, 65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.02, 65.71, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.28% -0.0129 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(85.28% 0.148 95)
XYZ	xyz(58.0637, 62.1920, 15.7820)
Luminance	0.6219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD4C #4C6CED

analogous

#ED7D4C #EDCD4C #BCED4C

triadic

#EDCD4C #4CEDCD #CD4CED

tetradic

#EDCD4C #4CED7D #4C6CED #ED4CBC

square

#EDCD4C #4CED7D #4C6CED #ED4CBC

split-complementary

#EDCD4C #4CBCED #7D4CED

monochromatic

#AD8E11 #E5BC17 #EDCD4C #F3DD84 #F8ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EDCD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#EDCD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD4C

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD4C	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)

#E2C93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.148 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db85',
    500: '#edcd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd4c;
$custom-light: #f7db85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.075,
    "s": 81.726,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85278,
    "c": 0.14789,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.62189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD4C

secondary

#2F48AE

accent

#32DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD4C

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

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