#EDC852#EDC852

#EDC852 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.140 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC852
RGB	rgb(237, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 65.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.80, 0.36, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.80, 61.90, 89.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.0039 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.14 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.1052, 59.9255, 16.5399)
Luminance	0.5992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC852 #5277ED

analogous

#ED7A52 #EDC852 #C5ED52

triadic

#EDC852 #52EDC8 #C852ED

tetradic

#EDC852 #52ED7A #5277ED #ED52C5

square

#EDC852 #52ED7A #5277ED #ED52C5

split-complementary

#EDC852 #52C5ED #7A52ED

monochromatic

#B28C13 #E7B61B #EDC852 #F3DA89 #F9EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EDC852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#EDC852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC852

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC852	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)

#DDC544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.140 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d888',
    500: '#edc852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc852;
$custom-light: #f7d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.677,
    "s": 81.152,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84331,
    "c": 0.14039,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC852

secondary

#3150B2

accent

#3BDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC852

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

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