#EDC855#EDC855

#EDC855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.138 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC855
RGB	rgb(237, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.82, 0.54, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.82, 60.64, 89.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.36% -0.003 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(84.36% 0.138 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.2218, 59.9721, 17.1544)
Luminance	0.5997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC855 #557AED

analogous

#ED7C55 #EDC855 #C6ED55

triadic

#EDC855 #55EDC8 #C855ED

tetradic

#EDC855 #55ED7C #557AED #ED55C6

square

#EDC855 #55ED7C #557AED #ED55C6

split-complementary

#EDC855 #55C6ED #7C55ED

monochromatic

#B48D13 #E7B61E #EDC855 #F3DA8C #F9ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EDC855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#EDC855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC855

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC855	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)

#DCC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.138 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d88a',
    500: '#edc855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc855;
$custom-light: #f6d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.395,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84359,
    "c": 0.13815,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC855

secondary

#3252B4

accent

#3CDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC855

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

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