#EDC84A#EDC84A

#EDC84A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.146 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC84A
RGB	rgb(237, 200, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 68.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -0.07, 65.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 65.15, 90.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.006 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.146 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.8183, 59.8107, 15.0291)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC84A #4A6FED

analogous

#ED764A #EDC84A #C1ED4A

triadic

#EDC84A #4AEDC8 #C84AED

tetradic

#EDC84A #4AED76 #4A6FED #ED4AC1

square

#EDC84A #4AED76 #4A6FED #ED4AC1

split-complementary

#EDC84A #4AC1ED #764AED

monochromatic

#AC8811 #E3B517 #EDC84A #F3D982 #F8EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EDC84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#EDC84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC84A

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC84A	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 200, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.146 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d883',
    500: '#edc84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc84a;
$custom-light: #f7d883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.38,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84262,
    "c": 0.14605,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC84A

secondary

#2F4BAC

accent

#38DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC84A

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

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