#EDCD64#EDCD64

#EDCD64 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.129 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD64
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 100)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 57.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.23, -1.04, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.23, 55.49, 91.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.0057 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.129 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.0591, 62.5902, 21.0244)
Luminance	0.6259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD64 #6484ED

analogous

#ED8864 #EDCD64 #C9ED64

triadic

#EDCD64 #64EDCD #CD64ED

tetradic

#EDCD64 #64ED88 #6484ED #ED64C9

square

#EDCD64 #64ED88 #6484ED #ED64C9

split-complementary

#EDCD64 #64C9ED #8864ED

monochromatic

#C09916 #E7BB2D #EDCD64 #F3DF9B #FAF0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCD64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#EDCD64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD64

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD64	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.129 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc93',
    500: '#edcd64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd64;
$custom-light: #f6dc93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 79.191,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85513,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD64

secondary

#3756BF

accent

#3BDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD64

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

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