#EDCD66#EDCD66

#EDCD66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.127 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD66
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 102)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 57%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.25, -0.89, 54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.25, 54.59, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% -0.0051 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.127 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.1571, 62.6294, 21.5405)
Luminance	0.6263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD66 #6686ED

analogous

#ED8A66 #EDCD66 #CAED66

triadic

#EDCD66 #66EDCD #CD66ED

tetradic

#EDCD66 #66ED8A #6686ED #ED66CA

square

#EDCD66 #66ED8A #6686ED #ED66CA

split-complementary

#EDCD66 #66CAED #8A66ED

monochromatic

#C29917 #E7BB2F #EDCD66 #F3DF9D #FAF1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#EDCD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD66

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD66	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.127 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc95',
    500: '#edcd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd66;
$custom-light: #f6dc95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85536,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD66

secondary

#3758C0

accent

#3CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD66

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

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