#EDCA50#EDCA50

#EDCA50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.143 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCA50
RGB	rgb(237, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 66.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -0.78, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 63.27, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.0074 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.143 93)
XYZ	xyz(57.4964, 60.8279, 16.3004)
Luminance	0.6082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCA50 #5073ED

analogous

#ED7C50 #EDCA50 #C2ED50

triadic

#EDCA50 #50EDCA #CA50ED

tetradic

#EDCA50 #50ED7C #5073ED #ED50C2

square

#EDCA50 #50ED7C #5073ED #ED50C2

split-complementary

#EDCA50 #50C2ED #7C50ED

monochromatic

#B08D12 #E7B919 #EDCA50 #F3DB87 #F8ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EDCA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#EDCA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCA50

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCA50	1.00	1.60	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.143 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d987',
    500: '#edca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edca50;
$custom-light: #f7d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.624,
    "s": 81.347,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84712,
    "c": 0.1431,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.60825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCA50

secondary

#304DB1

accent

#37DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCA50

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

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