#EDC942#EDC942

#EDC942 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.152 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC942
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 72.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.93, -0.98, 68.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.93, 68.45, 90.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% -0.0095 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.152 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.7981, 60.1744, 13.7764)
Luminance	0.6017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC942 #4266ED

analogous

#ED7342 #EDC942 #BCED42

triadic

#EDC942 #42EDC9 #C942ED

tetradic

#EDC942 #42ED73 #4266ED #ED42BC

square

#EDC942 #42ED73 #4266ED #ED42BC

split-complementary

#EDC942 #42BCED #7342ED

monochromatic

#A58510 #DDB315 #EDC942 #F2D97A #F8E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EDC942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#EDC942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC942

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC942	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.152 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d97f',
    500: '#edc942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc942;
$custom-light: #f7d97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84401,
    "c": 0.15178,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC942

secondary

#2D46A7

accent

#59F92F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC942

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

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