#EDCE62#EDCE62
#EDCE62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.132 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDCE62 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 206, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 79%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 59%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 58.6%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.46, -1.69, 56.66) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.46, 56.69, 91.71°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.69% -0.0079 0.1314) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.69% 0.132 93.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.2035, 63.0319, 20.6008) |
| Luminance | 0.6303 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.11
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.23
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.68
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.70
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.90
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.95
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDCE62 #6281ED
analogous
#ED8862 #EDCE62 #C6ED62
triadic
#EDCE62 #62EDCE #CE62ED
tetradic
#EDCE62 #62ED88 #6281ED #ED62C6
square
#EDCE62 #62ED88 #6281ED #ED62C6
split-complementary
#EDCE62 #62C6ED #8862ED
monochromatic
#BF9916 #E7BD2B #EDCE62 #F3DF99 #FAF0D0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.54
#EDCE62 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.61
#EDCE62 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDCE62
13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDCE62 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDCE62 | 1.00 | 1.54 | 13.61 | 13.61 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1CB57
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D467
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEC0B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edce62; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 206, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.132 93.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6dc92',
500: '#edce62',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edce62; $custom-light: #f6dc92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edce62",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 206,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.619,
"s": 79.429,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8569,
"c": 0.1316,
"h": 93.4
},
"luminance": 0.63029
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDCE62
secondary
#3654BD
accent
#39DC0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18150D
muted
#86847F