#EDCD65#EDCD65

#EDCD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.128 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD65
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 101)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.24, -0.96, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.24, 55.04, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.0054 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.128 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.1078, 62.6097, 21.2809)
Luminance	0.6261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD65 #6585ED

analogous

#ED8965 #EDCD65 #C9ED65

triadic

#EDCD65 #65EDCD #CD65ED

tetradic

#EDCD65 #65ED89 #6585ED #ED65C9

square

#EDCD65 #65ED89 #6585ED #ED65C9

split-complementary

#EDCD65 #65C9ED #8965ED

monochromatic

#C19917 #E7BB2E #EDCD65 #F3DF9C #FAF1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#EDCD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD65

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD65	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)

#E0CA5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.128 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc94',
    500: '#edcd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd65;
$custom-light: #f6dc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85524,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD65

secondary

#3757BF

accent

#3BDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD65

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

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