#EDCB4A#EDCB4A
#EDCB4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.148 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDCB4A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 203, 74) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 82%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 69%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 68.8%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.49, -1.62, 65.92) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.49, 65.94, 91.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.86% -0.0105 0.1476) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.86% 0.148 94.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.5199, 61.2140, 15.2630) |
| Luminance | 0.6121 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.51
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.75
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.91
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.71
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 5.20
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.43
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDCB4A #4A6CED
analogous
#ED794A #EDCB4A #BDED4A
triadic
#EDCB4A #4AEDCB #CB4AED
tetradic
#EDCB4A #4AED79 #4A6CED #ED4ABD
square
#EDCB4A #4AED79 #4A6CED #ED4ABD
split-complementary
#EDCB4A #4ABDED #794AED
monochromatic
#AC8B11 #E3B917 #EDCB4A #F3DB82 #F8EBB9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.59
#EDCB4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.24
#EDCB4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDCB4A
13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDCB4A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDCB4A | 1.00 | 1.59 | 13.24 | 13.24 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.59 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0C738
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D251
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBBB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edcb4a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 203, 74); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.148 94.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7da83',
500: '#edcb4a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edcb4a; $custom-light: #f7da83; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edcb4a",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 203,
"b": 74
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.485,
"s": 81.91,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84861,
"c": 0.14793,
"h": 94.1
},
"luminance": 0.61211
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDCB4A
secondary
#2F49AC
accent
#34DE07
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18140B
muted
#86837E