#EDC84C#EDC84C

#EDC84C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.145 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC84C
RGB	rgb(237, 200, 76)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 67.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, 0.03, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 64.35, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0055 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.145 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.8868, 59.8381, 15.3897)
Luminance	0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC84C #4C71ED

analogous

#ED784C #EDC84C #C2ED4C

triadic

#EDC84C #4CEDC8 #C84CED

tetradic

#EDC84C #4CED78 #4C71ED #ED4CC2

square

#EDC84C #4CED78 #4C71ED #ED4CC2

split-complementary

#EDC84C #4CC2ED #784CED

monochromatic

#AD8911 #E5B617 #EDC84C #F3D984 #F8EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EDC84C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#EDC84C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC84C

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC84C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC84C	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc84c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 200, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.145 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d884',
    500: '#edc84c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc84c;
$custom-light: #f7d884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc84c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.211,
    "s": 81.726,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84278,
    "c": 0.14469,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC84C

secondary

#2F4CAE

accent

#39DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC84C

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

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