#EDCD68#EDCD68

#EDCD68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.126 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD68
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 104)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 56.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.27, -0.74, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.27, 53.67, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% -0.0044 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.126 92)
XYZ	xyz(59.2575, 62.6696, 22.0692)
Luminance	0.6267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD68 #6888ED

analogous

#ED8B68 #EDCD68 #CBED68

triadic

#EDCD68 #68EDCD #CD68ED

tetradic

#EDCD68 #68ED8B #6888ED #ED68CB

square

#EDCD68 #68ED8B #6888ED #ED68CB

split-complementary

#EDCD68 #68CBED #8B68ED

monochromatic

#C39A17 #E6BB31 #EDCD68 #F4DF9F #FAF1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCD68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#EDCD68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD68

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD68	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)

#E0CA5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.126 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc96',
    500: '#edcd68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd68;
$custom-light: #f6dc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 78.698,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85559,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.62667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD68

secondary

#3859C1

accent

#3DDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD68

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

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