#EDCA42#EDCA42

#EDCA42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.152 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCA42
RGB	rgb(237, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 72.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.19, -1.49, 68.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.19, 68.71, 91.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.011 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.152 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.0320, 60.6421, 13.8543)
Luminance	0.6064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCA42 #4265ED

analogous

#ED7442 #EDCA42 #BBED42

triadic

#EDCA42 #42EDCA #CA42ED

tetradic

#EDCA42 #42ED74 #4265ED #ED42BB

square

#EDCA42 #42ED74 #4265ED #ED42BB

split-complementary

#EDCA42 #42BBED #7442ED

monochromatic

#A58610 #DDB415 #EDCA42 #F2DA7A #F8E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EDCA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#EDCA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCA42

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCA42	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.152 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d97f',
    500: '#edca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edca42;
$custom-light: #f7d97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.719,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84601,
    "c": 0.1524,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCA42

secondary

#2D46A7

accent

#58F92F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCA42

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

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