#EDC842#EDC842

#EDC842 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.151 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC842
RGB	rgb(237, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 72.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -0.46, 68.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 68.20, 90.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.008 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.151 93)
XYZ	xyz(56.5658, 59.7097, 13.6989)
Luminance	0.5971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC842 #4267ED

analogous

#ED7342 #EDC842 #BCED42

triadic

#EDC842 #42EDC8 #C842ED

tetradic

#EDC842 #42ED73 #4267ED #ED42BC

square

#EDC842 #42ED73 #4267ED #ED42BC

split-complementary

#EDC842 #42BCED #7342ED

monochromatic

#A58510 #DDB215 #EDC842 #F2D87A #F8E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EDC842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#EDC842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC842

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC842	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.151 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d87f',
    500: '#edc842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc842;
$custom-light: #f7d87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.018,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84201,
    "c": 0.15116,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.59706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC842

secondary

#2D47A7

accent

#5BF92F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC842

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

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