#EDCD50#EDCD50

#EDCD50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.145 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD50
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 66.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.05, -2.32, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.05, 64.10, 92.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.31% -0.0118 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(85.31% 0.145 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.2072, 62.2494, 16.5373)
Luminance	0.6225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD50 #5070ED

analogous

#ED7F50 #EDCD50 #BEED50

triadic

#EDCD50 #50EDCD #CD50ED

tetradic

#EDCD50 #50ED7F #5070ED #ED50BE

square

#EDCD50 #50ED7F #5070ED #ED50BE

split-complementary

#EDCD50 #50BEED #7F50ED

monochromatic

#B09012 #E7BD19 #EDCD50 #F3DD87 #F8EDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EDCD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#EDCD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD50

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD50	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)

#E1C940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.145 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db87',
    500: '#edcd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd50;
$custom-light: #f7db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.771,
    "s": 81.347,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85312,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD50

secondary

#304BB1

accent

#33DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD50

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

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