#EDCD4F#EDCD4F

#EDCD4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.146 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD4F
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 66.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.04, -2.37, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.04, 64.51, 92.11°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% -0.0121 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.146 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.1705, 62.2347, 16.3441)
Luminance	0.6223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD4F #4F6FED

analogous

#ED7E4F #EDCD4F #BEED4F

triadic

#EDCD4F #4FEDCD #CD4FED

tetradic

#EDCD4F #4FED7E #4F6FED #ED4FBE

square

#EDCD4F #4FED7E #4F6FED #ED4FBE

split-complementary

#EDCD4F #4FBEED #7E4FED

monochromatic

#B09012 #E7BD18 #EDCD4F #F3DD87 #F8EDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EDCD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#EDCD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD4F

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD4F	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.146 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db86',
    500: '#edcd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd4f;
$custom-light: #f7db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.848,
    "s": 81.443,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85303,
    "c": 0.1458,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD4F

secondary

#304AB0

accent

#33DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD4F

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

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