#EDC94A#EDC94A

#EDC94A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.147 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC94A
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 68.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, -0.59, 65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 65.41, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0075 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.147 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.0507, 60.2754, 15.1066)
Luminance	0.6027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC94A #4A6EED

analogous

#ED774A #EDC94A #C0ED4A

triadic

#EDC94A #4AEDC9 #C94AED

tetradic

#EDC94A #4AED77 #4A6EED #ED4AC0

square

#EDC94A #4AED77 #4A6EED #ED4AC0

split-complementary

#EDC94A #4AC0ED #774AED

monochromatic

#AC8911 #E3B617 #EDC94A #F3DA82 #F8EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EDC94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#EDC94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC94A

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC94A	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.147 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d983',
    500: '#edc94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc94a;
$custom-light: #f7d983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.748,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84461,
    "c": 0.14665,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC94A

secondary

#2F4BAC

accent

#37DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC94A

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

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