#EDC953#EDC953

#EDC953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.140 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC953
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 65%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.06, -0.09, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.06, 61.75, 90.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.54% -0.005 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(84.54% 0.14 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.3759, 60.4055, 16.8193)
Luminance	0.6040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC953 #5377ED

analogous

#ED7C53 #EDC953 #C4ED53

triadic

#EDC953 #53EDC9 #C953ED

tetradic

#EDC953 #53ED7C #5377ED #ED53C4

square

#EDC953 #53ED7C #5377ED #ED53C4

split-complementary

#EDC953 #53C4ED #7C53ED

monochromatic

#B38D13 #E7B81C #EDC953 #F3DA8A #F9ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EDC953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#EDC953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC953

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC953	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.140 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d988',
    500: '#edc953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc953;
$custom-light: #f6d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.974,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84539,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC953

secondary

#3150B3

accent

#3ADD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC953

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

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