#EDCA5B#EDCA5B

#EDCA5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.135 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCA5B
RGB	rgb(237, 202, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -0.11, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 58.61, 90.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.0041 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.135 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.9366, 61.0040, 18.6188)
Luminance	0.6100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCA5B #5B7EED

analogous

#ED815B #EDCA5B #C7ED5B

triadic

#EDCA5B #5BEDCA #CA5BED

tetradic

#EDCA5B #5BED81 #5B7EED #ED5BC7

square

#EDCA5B #5BED81 #5B7EED #ED5BC7

split-complementary

#EDCA5B #5BC7ED #815BED

monochromatic

#B99214 #E7B824 #EDCA5B #F3DC92 #F9EEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EDCA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#EDCA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCA5B

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCA5B	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edca5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 202, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.135 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d98d',
    500: '#edca5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edca5b;
$custom-light: #f6d98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edca5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.616,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84817,
    "c": 0.1347,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCA5B

secondary

#3454B8

accent

#3CDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCA5B

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

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