#EDC956#EDC956

#EDC956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.138 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC956
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, 0.09, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 60.49, 89.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% -0.0042 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.138 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.4942, 60.4528, 17.4425)
Luminance	0.6045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC956 #567AED

analogous

#ED7D56 #EDC956 #C6ED56

triadic

#EDC956 #56EDC9 #C956ED

tetradic

#EDC956 #56ED7D #567AED #ED56C6

square

#EDC956 #56ED7D #567AED #ED56C6

split-complementary

#EDC956 #56C6ED #7D56ED

monochromatic

#B58F13 #E7B71F #EDC956 #F3DB8D #F9ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EDC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#EDC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC956

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC956	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.138 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d98a',
    500: '#edc956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc956;
$custom-light: #f6d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.695,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84568,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC956

secondary

#3251B5

accent

#3BDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC956

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

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