#EDCD4A#EDCD4A

#EDCD4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.149 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD4A
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 68.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.00, -2.64, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.00, 66.49, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(85.26% -0.0134 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(85.26% 0.149 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.9953, 62.1647, 15.4215)
Luminance	0.6216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD4A #4A6AED

analogous

#ED7B4A #EDCD4A #BBED4A

triadic

#EDCD4A #4AEDCD #CD4AED

tetradic

#EDCD4A #4AED7B #4A6AED #ED4ABB

square

#EDCD4A #4AED7B #4A6AED #ED4ABB

split-complementary

#EDCD4A #4ABBED #7B4AED

monochromatic

#AC8D11 #E3BB17 #EDCD4A #F3DC82 #F8ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EDCD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#EDCD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD4A

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD4A	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)

#E2C938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.149 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db83',
    500: '#edcd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd4a;
$custom-light: #f7db83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.221,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85262,
    "c": 0.14925,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD4A

secondary

#2F47AC

accent

#31DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD4A

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

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