#EDC74C#EDC74C

#EDC74C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.144 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC74C
RGB	rgb(237, 199, 76)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 67.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, 0.55, 64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 64.10, 89.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.004 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.144 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.6559, 59.3764, 15.3127)
Luminance	0.5937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC74C #4C72ED

analogous

#ED774C #EDC74C #C2ED4C

triadic

#EDC74C #4CEDC7 #C74CED

tetradic

#EDC74C #4CED77 #4C72ED #ED4CC2

square

#EDC74C #4CED77 #4C72ED #ED4CC2

split-complementary

#EDC74C #4CC2ED #774CED

monochromatic

#AD8811 #E5B417 #EDC74C #F3D884 #F8EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EDC74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#EDC74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC74C

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC74C	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)

#DCC43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 199, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.144 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d784',
    500: '#edc74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc74c;
$custom-light: #f7d784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.839,
    "s": 81.726,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8408,
    "c": 0.14408,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC74C

secondary

#2F4DAE

accent

#3ADE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC74C

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

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