#EDC859#EDC859

#EDC859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.135 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC859
RGB	rgb(237, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.86, 0.79, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.86, 58.93, 89.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% -0.0018 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.135 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.3853, 60.0375, 18.0151)
Luminance	0.6003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC859 #597EED

analogous

#ED7E59 #EDC859 #C8ED59

triadic

#EDC859 #59EDC8 #C859ED

tetradic

#EDC859 #59ED7E #597EED #ED59C8

square

#EDC859 #59ED7E #597EED #ED59C8

split-complementary

#EDC859 #59C8ED #7E59ED

monochromatic

#B88F14 #E7B622 #EDC859 #F3DA90 #F9EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EDC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#EDC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC859

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC859	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.135 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d88c',
    500: '#edc859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc859;
$custom-light: #f6d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84399,
    "c": 0.13504,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC859

secondary

#3354B7

accent

#3EDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC859

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

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