#EDC649#EDC649

#EDC649 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.146 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC649
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 69.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, 0.91, 65.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 65.03, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% -0.0033 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.146 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.3247, 58.8770, 14.6997)
Luminance	0.5887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC649 #4970ED

analogous

#ED7449 #EDC649 #C2ED49

triadic

#EDC649 #49EDC6 #C649ED

tetradic

#EDC649 #49ED74 #4970ED #ED49C2

square

#EDC649 #49ED74 #4970ED #ED49C2

split-complementary

#EDC649 #49C2ED #7449ED

monochromatic

#AB8611 #E2B216 #EDC649 #F3D781 #F8E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#EDC649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC649

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC649	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)

#DBC338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.146 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d682',
    500: '#edc649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc649;
$custom-light: #f7d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.732,
    "s": 82,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83856,
    "c": 0.14553,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC649

secondary

#2E4CAC

accent

#3ADE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC649

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

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