#EDC74A#EDC74A

#EDC74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.145 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC74A
RGB	rgb(237, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 68.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, 0.44, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 64.89, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0046 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.145 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.5875, 59.3491, 14.9522)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC74A #4A70ED

analogous

#ED754A #EDC74A #C2ED4A

triadic

#EDC74A #4AEDC7 #C74AED

tetradic

#EDC74A #4AED75 #4A70ED #ED4AC2

square

#EDC74A #4AED75 #4A70ED #ED4AC2

split-complementary

#EDC74A #4AC2ED #754AED

monochromatic

#AC8811 #E3B417 #EDC74A #F3D882 #F8E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EDC74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#EDC74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC74A

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC74A	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.145 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d783',
    500: '#edc74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc74a;
$custom-light: #f7d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.012,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84063,
    "c": 0.14544,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC74A

secondary

#2F4CAC

accent

#39DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC74A

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

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