#EDC84E#EDC84E

#EDC84E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.143 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC84E
RGB	rgb(237, 200, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, 0.14, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 63.55, 89.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.005 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.143 92)
XYZ	xyz(56.9574, 59.8664, 15.7616)
Luminance	0.5986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC84E #4E73ED

analogous

#ED794E #EDC84E #C2ED4E

triadic

#EDC84E #4EEDC8 #C84EED

tetradic

#EDC84E #4EED79 #4E73ED #ED4EC2

square

#EDC84E #4EED79 #4E73ED #ED4EC2

split-complementary

#EDC84E #4EC2ED #794EED

monochromatic

#AF8A12 #E6B617 #EDC84E #F3D986 #F8EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EDC84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#EDC84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC84E

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC84E	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)

#DDC53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 200, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.143 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d885',
    500: '#edc84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc84e;
$custom-light: #f7d885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.038,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84296,
    "c": 0.14329,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.59863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC84E

secondary

#304EAF

accent

#39DE08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC84E

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

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