#EDCD4B#EDCD4B

#EDCD4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.149 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD4B
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 68.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.01, -2.59, 66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.01, 66.10, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.27% -0.0131 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(85.27% 0.149 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.0293, 62.1782, 15.6003)
Luminance	0.6218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD4B #4B6BED

analogous

#ED7C4B #EDCD4B #BCED4B

triadic

#EDCD4B #4BEDCD #CD4BED

tetradic

#EDCD4B #4BED7C #4B6BED #ED4BBC

square

#EDCD4B #4BED7C #4B6BED #ED4BBC

split-complementary

#EDCD4B #4BBCED #7C4BED

monochromatic

#AC8E11 #E4BB17 #EDCD4B #F3DC83 #F8ECBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EDCD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#EDCD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD4B

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD4B	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.149 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db84',
    500: '#edcd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd4b;
$custom-light: #f7db84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.148,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8527,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD4B

secondary

#2F48AD

accent

#32DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD4B

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

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