#EDCB4C#EDCB4C
#EDCB4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.147 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDCB4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 203, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 82%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 68%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 67.9%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.51, -1.51, 65.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.51, 65.15, 91.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.88% -0.0099 0.1462) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.88% 0.147 93.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.5884, 61.2413, 15.6235) |
| Luminance | 0.6124 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.43
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.64
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.90
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.63
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 5.18
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.44
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDCB4C #4C6EED
analogous
#ED7B4C #EDCB4C #BFED4C
triadic
#EDCB4C #4CEDCB #CB4CED
tetradic
#EDCB4C #4CED7B #4C6EED #ED4CBF
square
#EDCB4C #4CED7B #4C6EED #ED4CBF
split-complementary
#EDCB4C #4CBFED #7B4CED
monochromatic
#AD8C11 #E5B917 #EDCB4C #F3DB84 #F8EBBB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.59
#EDCB4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.25
#EDCB4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDCB4C
13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDCB4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDCB4C | 1.00 | 1.59 | 13.25 | 13.25 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.59 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0C73B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D253
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBCB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edcb4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 203, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.147 93.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7da84',
500: '#edcb4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edcb4c; $custom-light: #f7da84; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edcb4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 203,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.329,
"s": 81.726,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84877,
"c": 0.14657,
"h": 93.9
},
"luminance": 0.61238
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDCB4C
secondary
#2F4AAE
accent
#35DE07
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18140B
muted
#86837E