#EDC94C#EDC94C

#EDC94C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.145 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC94C
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 67.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -0.48, 64.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 64.62, 90.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.007 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.145 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.1191, 60.3028, 15.4671)
Luminance	0.6030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC94C #4C70ED

analogous

#ED794C #EDC94C #C1ED4C

triadic

#EDC94C #4CEDC9 #C94CED

tetradic

#EDC94C #4CED79 #4C70ED #ED4CC1

square

#EDC94C #4CED79 #4C70ED #ED4CC1

split-complementary

#EDC94C #4CC1ED #794CED

monochromatic

#AD8A11 #E5B717 #EDC94C #F3DA84 #F8EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EDC94C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#EDC94C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC94C

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC94C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC94C	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)

#DEC63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc94c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.145 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d984',
    500: '#edc94c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc94c;
$custom-light: #f7d984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc94c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.584,
    "s": 81.726,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84478,
    "c": 0.1453,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC94C

secondary

#2F4CAE

accent

#37DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC94C

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

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