#EDCA53#EDCA53

#EDCA53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.141 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCA53
RGB	rgb(237, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 65%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -0.61, 62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 62.03, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.74% -0.0065 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(84.74% 0.141 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.6097, 60.8733, 16.8972)
Luminance	0.6087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCA53 #5376ED

analogous

#ED7D53 #EDCA53 #C3ED53

triadic

#EDCA53 #53EDCA #CA53ED

tetradic

#EDCA53 #53ED7D #5376ED #ED53C3

square

#EDCA53 #53ED7D #5376ED #ED53C3

split-complementary

#EDCA53 #53C3ED #7D53ED

monochromatic

#B38E13 #E7B91C #EDCA53 #F3DB8A #F9ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EDCA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#EDCA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCA53

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCA53	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.141 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d988',
    500: '#edca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edca53;
$custom-light: #f6d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84739,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCA53

secondary

#314FB3

accent

#39DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCA53

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

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