#EDC548#EDC548

#EDC548 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.146 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC548
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 69.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, 1.37, 65.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 65.18, 88.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0021 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.146 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.0640, 58.4083, 14.4506)
Luminance	0.5840 (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

#EDC548 #4870ED

analogous

#ED7348 #EDC548 #C2ED48

triadic

#EDC548 #48EDC5 #C548ED

tetradic

#EDC548 #48ED73 #4870ED #ED48C2

square

#EDC548 #48ED73 #4870ED #ED48C2

split-complementary

#EDC548 #48C2ED #7348ED

monochromatic

#AA8511 #E2B016 #EDC548 #F2D780 #F8E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EDC548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#EDC548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC548

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC548	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.146 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d682',
    500: '#edc548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc548;
$custom-light: #f7d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8365,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC548

secondary

#2E4CAB

accent

#3BDE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC548

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

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