#EDC84D#EDC84D

#EDC84D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.144 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC84D
RGB	rgb(237, 200, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 67.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, 0.08, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 63.95, 89.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.0052 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.144 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9218, 59.8521, 15.5742)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC84D #4D72ED

analogous

#ED784D #EDC84D #C2ED4D

triadic

#EDC84D #4DEDC8 #C84DED

tetradic

#EDC84D #4DED78 #4D72ED #ED4DC2

square

#EDC84D #4DED78 #4D72ED #ED4DC2

split-complementary

#EDC84D #4DC2ED #784DED

monochromatic

#AE8A12 #E6B617 #EDC84D #F3D985 #F8EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EDC84D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#EDC84D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC84D

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC84D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC84D	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)

#DDC53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc84d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 200, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.144 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d885',
    500: '#edc84d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc84d;
$custom-light: #f7d885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc84d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.125,
    "s": 81.633,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84287,
    "c": 0.14399,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC84D

secondary

#304DAF

accent

#39DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC84D

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

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