#EDC853#EDC853

#EDC853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.140 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC853
RGB	rgb(237, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 65%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, 0.42, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 61.49, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% -0.0036 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.14 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.1435, 59.9408, 16.7418)
Luminance	0.5994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC853 #5378ED

analogous

#ED7B53 #EDC853 #C5ED53

triadic

#EDC853 #53EDC8 #C853ED

tetradic

#EDC853 #53ED7B #5378ED #ED53C5

square

#EDC853 #53ED7B #5378ED #ED53C5

split-complementary

#EDC853 #53C5ED #7B53ED

monochromatic

#B38C13 #E7B61C #EDC853 #F3DA8A #F9EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EDC853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#EDC853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC853

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC853	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.140 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d888',
    500: '#edc853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc853;
$custom-light: #f6d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.584,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8434,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC853

secondary

#3150B3

accent

#3BDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC853

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

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