#EDC850#EDC850

#EDC850 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.142 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC850
RGB	rgb(237, 200, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 66.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, 0.25, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 62.73, 89.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% -0.0044 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.142 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.0302, 59.8955, 16.1450)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC850 #5075ED

analogous

#ED7A50 #EDC850 #C3ED50

triadic

#EDC850 #50EDC8 #C850ED

tetradic

#EDC850 #50ED7A #5075ED #ED50C3

square

#EDC850 #50ED7A #5075ED #ED50C3

split-complementary

#EDC850 #50C3ED #7A50ED

monochromatic

#B08B12 #E7B719 #EDC850 #F3D987 #F8EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EDC850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#EDC850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC850

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC850	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 200, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.142 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d887',
    500: '#edc850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc850;
$custom-light: #f7d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.86,
    "s": 81.347,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84313,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC850

secondary

#304FB1

accent

#3ADE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC850

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

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