#EDCD62#EDCD62

#EDCD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.131 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD62
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -1.18, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 56.39, 91.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.0064 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.131 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.9635, 62.5520, 20.5209)
Luminance	0.6255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD62 #6282ED

analogous

#ED8762 #EDCD62 #C7ED62

triadic

#EDCD62 #62EDCD #CD62ED

tetradic

#EDCD62 #62ED87 #6282ED #ED62C7

square

#EDCD62 #62ED87 #6282ED #ED62C7

split-complementary

#EDCD62 #62C7ED #8762ED

monochromatic

#BF9816 #E7BC2B #EDCD62 #F3DE99 #FAF0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#EDCD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD62

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD62	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.131 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc92',
    500: '#edcd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd62;
$custom-light: #f6dc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8549,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD62

secondary

#3655BD

accent

#3ADC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD62

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

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