#EDCA52#EDCA52

#EDCA52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.142 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCA52
RGB	rgb(237, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 65.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.30, -0.67, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.30, 62.44, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.0068 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.142 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.5714, 60.8579, 16.6953)
Luminance	0.6086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCA52 #5275ED

analogous

#ED7D52 #EDCA52 #C2ED52

triadic

#EDCA52 #52EDCA #CA52ED

tetradic

#EDCA52 #52ED7D #5275ED #ED52C2

square

#EDCA52 #52ED7D #5275ED #ED52C2

split-complementary

#EDCA52 #52C2ED #7D52ED

monochromatic

#B28E13 #E7B91B #EDCA52 #F3DB89 #F9ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EDCA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#EDCA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCA52

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCA52	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	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)

#DEC744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.142 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d988',
    500: '#edca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edca52;
$custom-light: #f7d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 81.152,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8473,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCA52

secondary

#314EB2

accent

#38DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCA52

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

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