#EDCB44#EDCB44

#EDCB44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.152 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCB44
RGB	rgb(237, 203, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 82%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 71.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.45, -1.91, 68.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.45, 68.23, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.012 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.152 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.3274, 61.1369, 14.2488)
Luminance	0.6113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCB44 #4466ED

analogous

#ED7744 #EDCB44 #BBED44

triadic

#EDCB44 #44EDCB #CB44ED

tetradic

#EDCB44 #44ED77 #4466ED #ED44BB

square

#EDCB44 #44ED77 #4466ED #ED44BB

split-complementary

#EDCB44 #44BBED #7744ED

monochromatic

#A78810 #DEB615 #EDCB44 #F2DB7C #F8EAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EDCB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#EDCB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCB44

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCB44	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcb44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 203, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.152 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7da80',
    500: '#edcb44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcb44;
$custom-light: #f7da80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcb44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.929,
    "s": 82.439,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84815,
    "c": 0.1518,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCB44

secondary

#2D46A8

accent

#58F92F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCB44

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

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