#EDCC4A#EDCC4A

#EDCC4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.149 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCC4A
RGB	rgb(237, 204, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 68.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.75, -2.13, 66.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.75, 66.22, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0119 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.149 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.7569, 61.6878, 15.3420)
Luminance	0.6169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCC4A #4A6BED

analogous

#ED7A4A #EDCC4A #BCED4A

triadic

#EDCC4A #4AEDCC #CC4AED

tetradic

#EDCC4A #4AED7A #4A6BED #ED4ABC

square

#EDCC4A #4AED7A #4A6BED #ED4ABC

split-complementary

#EDCC4A #4ABCED #7A4AED

monochromatic

#AC8C11 #E3BA17 #EDCC4A #F3DC82 #F8EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EDCC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#EDCC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCC4A

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCC4A	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcc4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 204, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.149 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db83',
    500: '#edcc4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcc4a;
$custom-light: #f7db83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcc4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.853,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85061,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCC4A

secondary

#2F48AC

accent

#33DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCC4A

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

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