#EDCB4F#EDCB4F
#EDCB4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.144 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDCB4F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 203, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 81%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 67%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 66.7%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.53, -1.35, 63.93) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.53, 63.95, 91.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.9% -0.0091 0.1442) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.9% 0.144 93.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.6951, 61.2840, 16.1857) |
| Luminance | 0.6128 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.36
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.51
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.91
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.53
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 5.16
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.48
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDCB4F #4F71ED
analogous
#ED7C4F #EDCB4F #C0ED4F
triadic
#EDCB4F #4FEDCB #CB4FED
tetradic
#EDCB4F #4FED7C #4F71ED #ED4FC0
square
#EDCB4F #4FED7C #4F71ED #ED4FC0
split-complementary
#EDCB4F #4FC0ED #7C4FED
monochromatic
#B08E12 #E7BB18 #EDCB4F #F3DB87 #F8ECBE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.58
#EDCB4F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.26
#EDCB4F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDCB4F
13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDCB4F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDCB4F | 1.00 | 1.58 | 13.26 | 13.26 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.26 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.26 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC73F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D255
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBCB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edcb4f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 203, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.144 93.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7da86',
500: '#edcb4f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edcb4f; $custom-light: #f7da86; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edcb4f",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 203,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.089,
"s": 81.443,
"l": 61.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84903,
"c": 0.14447,
"h": 93.6
},
"luminance": 0.61281
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDCB4F
secondary
#304CB0
accent
#36DE08
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF3
border
#D7D4CD
text
#18140C
muted
#86837F