#EDC74E#EDC74E

#EDC74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.143 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC74E
RGB	rgb(237, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, 0.65, 63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 63.29, 89.41°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0035 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.143 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.7266, 59.4047, 15.6846)
Luminance	0.5940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC74E #4E74ED

analogous

#ED784E #EDC74E #C4ED4E

triadic

#EDC74E #4EEDC7 #C74EED

tetradic

#EDC74E #4EED78 #4E74ED #ED4EC4

square

#EDC74E #4EED78 #4E74ED #ED4EC4

split-complementary

#EDC74E #4EC4ED #784EED

monochromatic

#AF8912 #E6B517 #EDC74E #F3D986 #F8EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EDC74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#EDC74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC74E

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC74E	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.143 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d785',
    500: '#edc74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc74e;
$custom-light: #f7d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.66,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84097,
    "c": 0.14268,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC74E

secondary

#304EAF

accent

#3BDE08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC74E

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

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