#EDCD5E#EDCD5E

#EDCD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.134 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD5E
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, -1.46, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 58.16, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.0077 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.134 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.7794, 62.4783, 19.5509)
Luminance	0.6248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD5E #5E7EED

analogous

#ED855E #EDCD5E #C6ED5E

triadic

#EDCD5E #5EEDCD #CD5EED

tetradic

#EDCD5E #5EED85 #5E7EED #ED5EC6

square

#EDCD5E #5EED85 #5E7EED #ED5EC6

split-complementary

#EDCD5E #5EC6ED #855EED

monochromatic

#BC9615 #E7BC27 #EDCD5E #F3DE95 #F9EFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EDCD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#EDCD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD5E

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD5E	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.134 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc8f',
    500: '#edcd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd5e;
$custom-light: #f6dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.573,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85447,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD5E

secondary

#3553BA

accent

#38DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD5E

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

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