#EDC851#EDC851

#EDC851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.141 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC851
RGB	rgb(237, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 65.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, 0.31, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 62.32, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.0041 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.141 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.0674, 59.9104, 16.3410)
Luminance	0.5991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC851 #5176ED

analogous

#ED7A51 #EDC851 #C4ED51

triadic

#EDC851 #51EDC8 #C851ED

tetradic

#EDC851 #51ED7A #5176ED #ED51C4

square

#EDC851 #51ED7A #5176ED #ED51C4

split-complementary

#EDC851 #51C4ED #7A51ED

monochromatic

#B18C12 #E7B61A #EDC851 #F3DA88 #F8EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EDC851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#EDC851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC851

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC851	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)

#DDC543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.141 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d887',
    500: '#edc851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc851;
$custom-light: #f7d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.769,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84322,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC851

secondary

#314FB1

accent

#3BDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC851

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

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