#EDC449#EDC449

#EDC449 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.144 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC449
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 69.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, 1.94, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 64.54, 88.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0004 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.144 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.8706, 57.9688, 14.5484)
Luminance	0.5796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC449 #4972ED

analogous

#ED7249 #EDC449 #C4ED49

triadic

#EDC449 #49EDC4 #C449ED

tetradic

#EDC449 #49ED72 #4972ED #ED49C4

square

#EDC449 #49ED72 #4972ED #ED49C4

split-complementary

#EDC449 #49C4ED #7249ED

monochromatic

#AB8411 #E2AF16 #EDC449 #F3D681 #F8E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EDC449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#EDC449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC449

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC449	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)

#D9C239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.144 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d582',
    500: '#edc449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc449;
$custom-light: #f7d582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 82,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8346,
    "c": 0.14441,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC449

secondary

#2E4EAC

accent

#3DDE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC449

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

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