#EDCA55#EDCA55

#EDCA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.139 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCA55
RGB	rgb(237, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -0.49, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 61.19, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.006 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.139 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.6881, 60.9046, 17.3098)
Luminance	0.6090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCA55 #5578ED

analogous

#ED7E55 #EDCA55 #C4ED55

triadic

#EDCA55 #55EDCA #CA55ED

tetradic

#EDCA55 #55ED7E #5578ED #ED55C4

square

#EDCA55 #55ED7E #5578ED #ED55C4

split-complementary

#EDCA55 #55C4ED #7E55ED

monochromatic

#B48F13 #E7B91E #EDCA55 #F3DB8C #F9EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EDCA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#EDCA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCA55

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCA55	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.139 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d98a',
    500: '#edca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edca55;
$custom-light: #f6d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.184,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84757,
    "c": 0.1394,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCA55

secondary

#3250B4

accent

#39DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCA55

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

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