#EDC447#EDC447

#EDC447 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.146 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC447
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 71)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 70%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, 1.84, 65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 65.33, 88.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0009 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.146 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8054, 57.9427, 14.2047)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC447 #4770ED

analogous

#ED7147 #EDC447 #C3ED47

triadic

#EDC447 #47EDC4 #C447ED

tetradic

#EDC447 #47ED71 #4770ED #ED47C3

square

#EDC447 #47ED71 #4770ED #ED47C3

split-complementary

#EDC447 #47C3ED #7147ED

monochromatic

#A98311 #E1AF16 #EDC447 #F2D67F #F8E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EDC447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#EDC447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC447

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC447	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.146 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d581',
    500: '#edc447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc447;
$custom-light: #f7d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.181,
    "s": 82.178,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83444,
    "c": 0.14572,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC447

secondary

#2E4DAA

accent

#3CDF07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC447

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

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