#EDC648#EDC648

#EDC648 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.146 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC648
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 69.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, 0.86, 65.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 65.43, 89.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0036 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.146 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.2919, 58.8639, 14.5265)
Luminance	0.5886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC648 #486FED

analogous

#ED7348 #EDC648 #C2ED48

triadic

#EDC648 #48EDC6 #C648ED

tetradic

#EDC648 #48ED73 #486FED #ED48C2

square

#EDC648 #48ED73 #486FED #ED48C2

split-complementary

#EDC648 #48C2ED #7348ED

monochromatic

#AA8611 #E2B216 #EDC648 #F2D780 #F8E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#EDC648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC648

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC648	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.146 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d682',
    500: '#edc648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc648;
$custom-light: #f7d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83848,
    "c": 0.14619,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC648

secondary

#2E4CAB

accent

#3ADE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC648

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

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