#EDC94B#EDC94B

#EDC94B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.146 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC94B
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 75)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 68.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -0.54, 65.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 65.01, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0073 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.146 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.0846, 60.2890, 15.2854)
Luminance	0.6029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC94B #4B6FED

analogous

#ED784B #EDC94B #C0ED4B

triadic

#EDC94B #4BEDC9 #C94BED

tetradic

#EDC94B #4BED78 #4B6FED #ED4BC0

square

#EDC94B #4BED78 #4B6FED #ED4BC0

split-complementary

#EDC94B #4BC0ED #784BED

monochromatic

#AC8A11 #E4B617 #EDC94B #F3DA83 #F8EABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EDC94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#EDC94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC94B

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC94B	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.146 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d984',
    500: '#edc94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc94b;
$custom-light: #f7d984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84469,
    "c": 0.14598,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC94B

secondary

#2F4BAD

accent

#37DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC94B

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

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