#EDC651#EDC651

#EDC651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.140 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC651
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 65.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, 1.34, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 61.80, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0012 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.14 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.6073, 58.9900, 16.1876)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC651 #5178ED

analogous

#ED7851 #EDC651 #C6ED51

triadic

#EDC651 #51EDC6 #C651ED

tetradic

#EDC651 #51ED78 #5178ED #ED51C6

square

#EDC651 #51ED78 #5178ED #ED51C6

split-complementary

#EDC651 #51C6ED #7851ED

monochromatic

#B18A12 #E7B41A #EDC651 #F3D888 #F8EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#EDC651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC651

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC651	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.140 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d787',
    500: '#edc651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc651;
$custom-light: #f7d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83925,
    "c": 0.13994,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC651

secondary

#3151B1

accent

#3DDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC651

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

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