#EDC650#EDC650

#EDC650 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.141 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC650
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 66.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, 1.28, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 62.21, 88.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0014 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.141 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.5700, 58.9752, 15.9916)
Luminance	0.5897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC650 #5077ED

analogous

#ED7850 #EDC650 #C5ED50

triadic

#EDC650 #50EDC6 #C650ED

tetradic

#EDC650 #50ED78 #5077ED #ED50C5

square

#EDC650 #50ED78 #5077ED #ED50C5

split-complementary

#EDC650 #50C5ED #7850ED

monochromatic

#B08912 #E7B419 #EDC650 #F3D887 #F8EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#EDC650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC650

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC650	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.141 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d786',
    500: '#edc650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc650;
$custom-light: #f7d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.096,
    "s": 81.347,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83916,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC650

secondary

#3050B1

accent

#3DDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC650

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

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