#EDC54C#EDC54C

#EDC54C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.143 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC54C
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 76)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 67.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, 1.58, 63.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 63.59, 88.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0011 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.143 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1988, 58.4622, 15.1603)
Luminance	0.5846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC54C #4C74ED

analogous

#ED754C #EDC54C #C5ED4C

triadic

#EDC54C #4CEDC5 #C54CED

tetradic

#EDC54C #4CED75 #4C74ED #ED4CC5

square

#EDC54C #4CED75 #4C74ED #ED4CC5

split-complementary

#EDC54C #4CC5ED #754CED

monochromatic

#AD8611 #E5B217 #EDC54C #F3D784 #F8E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC54C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#EDC54C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC54C

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC54C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC54C	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc54c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.143 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d684',
    500: '#edc54c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc54c;
$custom-light: #f7d684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc54c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.093,
    "s": 81.726,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83683,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC54C

secondary

#2F4FAE

accent

#3DDE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC54C

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

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