#EDC94E#EDC94E

#EDC94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.144 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC94E
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, -0.38, 63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 63.81, 90.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.0065 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.144 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.1897, 60.3311, 15.8390)
Luminance	0.6033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC94E #4E72ED

analogous

#ED7A4E #EDC94E #C2ED4E

triadic

#EDC94E #4EEDC9 #C94EED

tetradic

#EDC94E #4EED7A #4E72ED #ED4EC2

square

#EDC94E #4EED7A #4E72ED #ED4EC2

split-complementary

#EDC94E #4EC2ED #7A4EED

monochromatic

#AF8B12 #E6B817 #EDC94E #F3DA86 #F8EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EDC94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#EDC94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC94E

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC94E	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.144 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d985',
    500: '#edc94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc94e;
$custom-light: #f7d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84495,
    "c": 0.14391,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC94E

secondary

#304DAF

accent

#38DE08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC94E

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

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