#EDC755#EDC755

#EDC755 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.138 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC755
RGB	rgb(237, 199, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, 1.06, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 60.38, 89.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0015 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.138 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.9910, 59.5105, 17.0774)
Luminance	0.5951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC755 #557BED

analogous

#ED7B55 #EDC755 #C7ED55

triadic

#EDC755 #55EDC7 #C755ED

tetradic

#EDC755 #55ED7B #557BED #ED55C7

square

#EDC755 #55ED7B #557BED #ED55C7

split-complementary

#EDC755 #55C7ED #7B55ED

monochromatic

#B48C13 #E7B51E #EDC755 #F3D98C #F9EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EDC755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#EDC755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC755

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC755	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 199, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.138 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d789',
    500: '#edc755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc755;
$custom-light: #f6d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84161,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC755

secondary

#3253B4

accent

#3EDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC755

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

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