#EDCD60#EDCD60

#EDCD60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.133 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD60
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 96)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -1.32, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 57.28, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.007 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.133 93)
XYZ	xyz(58.8703, 62.5147, 20.0297)
Luminance	0.6251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD60 #6080ED

analogous

#ED8660 #EDCD60 #C6ED60

triadic

#EDCD60 #60EDCD #CD60ED

tetradic

#EDCD60 #60ED86 #6080ED #ED60C6

square

#EDCD60 #60ED86 #6080ED #ED60C6

split-complementary

#EDCD60 #60C6ED #8660ED

monochromatic

#BD9715 #E7BC29 #EDCD60 #F3DE97 #F9F0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EDCD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#EDCD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD60

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD60	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)

#E0CA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.133 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc91',
    500: '#edcd60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd60;
$custom-light: #f6dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85468,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.62512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD60

secondary

#3554BC

accent

#39DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD60

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

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