#EDC857#EDC857

#EDC857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.137 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC857
RGB	rgb(237, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.84, 0.66, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.84, 59.79, 89.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% -0.0024 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.137 91)
XYZ	xyz(57.3024, 60.0044, 17.5787)
Luminance	0.6000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC857 #577CED

analogous

#ED7D57 #EDC857 #C7ED57

triadic

#EDC857 #57EDC8 #C857ED

tetradic

#EDC857 #57ED7D #577CED #ED57C7

square

#EDC857 #57ED7D #577CED #ED57C7

split-complementary

#EDC857 #57C7ED #7D57ED

monochromatic

#B68E14 #E7B620 #EDC857 #F3DA8E #F9ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EDC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#EDC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC857

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC857	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.137 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d88b',
    500: '#edc857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc857;
$custom-light: #f6d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84379,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.60001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC857

secondary

#3353B6

accent

#3DDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC857

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

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