#EDCE4D#EDCE4D

#EDCE4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.148 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCE4D
RGB	rgb(237, 206, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 67.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.28, -3.00, 65.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.28, 65.59, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.0141 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.148 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.3388, 62.6860, 16.0465)
Luminance	0.6268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCE4D #4D6CED

analogous

#ED7E4D #EDCE4D #BCED4D

triadic

#EDCE4D #4DEDCE #CE4DED

tetradic

#EDCE4D #4DED7E #4D6CED #ED4DBC

square

#EDCE4D #4DED7E #4D6CED #ED4DBC

split-complementary

#EDCE4D #4DBCED #7E4DED

monochromatic

#AE9012 #E6BE17 #EDCE4D #F3DD85 #F8EDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#EDCE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCE4D

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCE4D	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edce4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 206, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.148 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7dc85',
    500: '#edce4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edce4d;
$custom-light: #f7dc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edce4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.375,
    "s": 81.633,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85487,
    "c": 0.14789,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCE4D

secondary

#3048AF

accent

#31DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCE4D

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

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