#EDC95B#EDC95B

#EDC95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.134 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC95B
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.13, 0.40, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.13, 58.33, 89.60°)
OKLab	oklab(84.62% -0.0027 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(84.62% 0.134 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.7028, 60.5363, 18.5408)
Luminance	0.6053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC95B #5B7FED

analogous

#ED805B #EDC95B #C8ED5B

triadic

#EDC95B #5BEDC9 #C95BED

tetradic

#EDC95B #5BED80 #5B7FED #ED5BC8

square

#EDC95B #5BED80 #5B7FED #ED5BC8

split-complementary

#EDC95B #5BC8ED #805BED

monochromatic

#B99114 #E7B724 #EDC95B #F3DB92 #F9EDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EDC95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#EDC95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC95B

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC95B	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.134 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d98d',
    500: '#edc95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc95b;
$custom-light: #f6d98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84618,
    "c": 0.13407,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC95B

secondary

#3454B8

accent

#3DDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC95B

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

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