#EDCA4A#EDCA4A
#EDCA4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.147 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDCA4A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 202, 74) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 82%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 69%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 68.8%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.24, -1.10, 65.66) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.24, 65.67, 90.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.66% -0.009 0.147) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.66% 0.147 93.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.2845, 60.7432, 15.1845) |
| Luminance | 0.6074 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.57
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.87
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.13
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.89
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 5.47
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDCA4A #4A6DED
analogous
#ED784A #EDCA4A #BEED4A
triadic
#EDCA4A #4AEDCA #CA4AED
tetradic
#EDCA4A #4AED78 #4A6DED #ED4ABE
square
#EDCA4A #4AED78 #4A6DED #ED4ABE
split-complementary
#EDCA4A #4ABEED #784AED
monochromatic
#AC8A11 #E3B717 #EDCA4A #F3DA82 #F8EBB9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.60
#EDCA4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.15
#EDCA4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDCA4A
13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDCA4A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDCA4A | 1.00 | 1.60 | 13.15 | 13.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC739
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D151
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBAB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edca4a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 202, 74); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.147 93.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7d983',
500: '#edca4a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edca4a; $custom-light: #f7d983; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edca4a",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 202,
"b": 74
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.117,
"s": 81.91,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84661,
"c": 0.14729,
"h": 93.5
},
"luminance": 0.6074
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDCA4A
secondary
#2F4AAC
accent
#35DE07
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18140B
muted
#86837E