#EDC959#EDC959

#EDC959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.136 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC959
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.11, 0.27, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.11, 59.20, 89.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0033 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.136 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.6176, 60.5022, 18.0925)
Luminance	0.6050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC959 #597DED

analogous

#ED7F59 #EDC959 #C7ED59

triadic

#EDC959 #59EDC9 #C959ED

tetradic

#EDC959 #59ED7F #597DED #ED59C7

square

#EDC959 #59ED7F #597DED #ED59C7

split-complementary

#EDC959 #59C7ED #7F59ED

monochromatic

#B89014 #E7B722 #EDC959 #F3DB90 #F9EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EDC959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#EDC959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC959

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC959	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.136 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d98c',
    500: '#edc959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc959;
$custom-light: #f6d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84597,
    "c": 0.13567,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC959

secondary

#3353B7

accent

#3CDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC959

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

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