#EDCE4C#EDCE4C

#EDCE4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.149 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCE4C
RGB	rgb(237, 206, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 67.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.27, -3.05, 65.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.27, 65.99, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% -0.0143 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.149 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.3037, 62.6720, 15.8620)
Luminance	0.6267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCE4C #4C6BED

analogous

#ED7E4C #EDCE4C #BCED4C

triadic

#EDCE4C #4CEDCE #CE4CED

tetradic

#EDCE4C #4CED7E #4C6BED #ED4CBC

square

#EDCE4C #4CED7E #4C6BED #ED4CBC

split-complementary

#EDCE4C #4CBCED #7E4CED

monochromatic

#AD8F11 #E5BD17 #EDCE4C #F3DD84 #F8ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#EDCE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCE4C

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCE4C	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)

#E2CA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edce4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 206, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.149 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7dc85',
    500: '#edce4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edce4c;
$custom-light: #f7dc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edce4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.447,
    "s": 81.726,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85479,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCE4C

secondary

#2F48AE

accent

#31DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCE4C

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

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