#EDC94D#EDC94D

#EDC94D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.145 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC94D
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 67.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.01, -0.43, 64.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.01, 64.22, 90.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0067 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.145 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.1542, 60.3168, 15.6516)
Luminance	0.6031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC94D #4D71ED

analogous

#ED794D #EDC94D #C1ED4D

triadic

#EDC94D #4DEDC9 #C94DED

tetradic

#EDC94D #4DED79 #4D71ED #ED4DC1

square

#EDC94D #4DED79 #4D71ED #ED4DC1

split-complementary

#EDC94D #4DC1ED #794DED

monochromatic

#AE8B12 #E6B717 #EDC94D #F3DA85 #F8EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EDC94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#EDC94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC94D

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC94D	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)

#DEC63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.145 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d985',
    500: '#edc94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc94d;
$custom-light: #f7d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 81.633,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84486,
    "c": 0.14461,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC94D

secondary

#304CAF

accent

#38DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC94D

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

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