#EDCE65#EDCE65

#EDCE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.129 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCE65
RGB	rgb(237, 206, 101)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.49, -1.48, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.49, 55.34, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(85.72% -0.0069 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(85.72% 0.129 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.3478, 63.0896, 21.3609)
Luminance	0.6309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCE65 #6584ED

analogous

#ED8A65 #EDCE65 #C8ED65

triadic

#EDCE65 #65EDCE #CE65ED

tetradic

#EDCE65 #65ED8A #6584ED #ED65C8

square

#EDCE65 #65ED8A #6584ED #ED65C8

split-complementary

#EDCE65 #65C8ED #8A65ED

monochromatic

#C19A17 #E7BD2E #EDCE65 #F3DF9C #FAF1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#EDCE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#EDCE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCE65

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCE65	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edce65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 206, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.129 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc94',
    500: '#edce65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edce65;
$custom-light: #f6dc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edce65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85724,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCE65

secondary

#3756BF

accent

#3ADB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCE65

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

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