#EDCD6D#EDCD6D

#EDCD6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.121 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD6D
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 109)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 54%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.32, -0.35, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.32, 51.37, 90.39°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0027 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.121 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.5191, 62.7742, 23.4466)
Luminance	0.6277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD6D #6D8DED

analogous

#ED8D6D #EDCD6D #CDED6D

triadic

#EDCD6D #6DEDCD #CD6DED

tetradic

#EDCD6D #6DED8D #6D8DED #ED6DCD

square

#EDCD6D #6DED8D #6D8DED #ED6DCD

split-complementary

#EDCD6D #6DCDED #8D6DED

monochromatic

#C79B19 #E6BA37 #EDCD6D #F4E0A3 #FAF2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCD6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#EDCD6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD6D

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD6D	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCA64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.121 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dc99',
    500: '#edcd6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd6d;
$custom-light: #f5dc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85621,
    "c": 0.12111,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD6D

secondary

#3A5CC5

accent

#3FDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD6D

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

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