#EDCD49#EDCD49

#EDCD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.150 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD49
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 69.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.99, -2.69, 66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.99, 66.88, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0137 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.15 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.9619, 62.1513, 15.2454)
Luminance	0.6215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD49 #4969ED

analogous

#ED7B49 #EDCD49 #BBED49

triadic

#EDCD49 #49EDCD #CD49ED

tetradic

#EDCD49 #49ED7B #4969ED #ED49BB

square

#EDCD49 #49ED7B #4969ED #ED49BB

split-complementary

#EDCD49 #49BBED #7B49ED

monochromatic

#AB8D11 #E2BB16 #EDCD49 #F3DC81 #F8ECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EDCD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#EDCD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD49

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD49	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.150 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db83',
    500: '#edcd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd49;
$custom-light: #f7db83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 82,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85254,
    "c": 0.14991,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD49

secondary

#2E47AC

accent

#31DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD49

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

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