#EDCD63#EDCD63

#EDCD63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.130 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD63
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 99)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 58.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.22, -1.11, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.22, 55.94, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.0061 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.13 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.0110, 62.5710, 20.7711)
Luminance	0.6257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD63 #6383ED

analogous

#ED8863 #EDCD63 #C8ED63

triadic

#EDCD63 #63EDCD #CD63ED

tetradic

#EDCD63 #63ED88 #6383ED #ED63C8

square

#EDCD63 #63ED88 #6383ED #ED63C8

split-complementary

#EDCD63 #63C8ED #8863ED

monochromatic

#C09816 #E7BB2C #EDCD63 #F3DF9A #FAF0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCD63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#EDCD63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD63

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD63	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)

#E0CA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.130 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc93',
    500: '#edcd63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd63;
$custom-light: #f6dc93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85501,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD63

secondary

#3656BE

accent

#3BDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD63

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

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