#EDC950#EDC950

#EDC950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.142 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC950
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 66.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, -0.27, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 63.00, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.0059 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.142 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.2625, 60.3602, 16.2224)
Luminance	0.6036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC950 #5074ED

analogous

#ED7B50 #EDC950 #C3ED50

triadic

#EDC950 #50EDC9 #C950ED

tetradic

#EDC950 #50ED7B #5074ED #ED50C3

square

#EDC950 #50ED7B #5074ED #ED50C3

split-complementary

#EDC950 #50C3ED #7B50ED

monochromatic

#B08C12 #E7B819 #EDC950 #F3DA87 #F8EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EDC950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#EDC950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC950

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC950	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)

#DEC641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.142 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d987',
    500: '#edc950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc950;
$custom-light: #f7d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.242,
    "s": 81.347,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84512,
    "c": 0.14247,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC950

secondary

#304EB1

accent

#39DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC950

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

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