#EDCA56#EDCA56

#EDCA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.139 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCA56
RGB	rgb(237, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -0.43, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 60.76, 90.40°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.0057 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.139 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.7281, 60.9206, 17.5205)
Luminance	0.6092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCA56 #5679ED

analogous

#ED7E56 #EDCA56 #C4ED56

triadic

#EDCA56 #56EDCA #CA56ED

tetradic

#EDCA56 #56ED7E #5679ED #ED56C4

square

#EDCA56 #56ED7E #5679ED #ED56C4

split-complementary

#EDCA56 #56C4ED #7E56ED

monochromatic

#B59013 #E7B91F #EDCA56 #F3DB8D #F9EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EDCA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#EDCA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCA56

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCA56	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)

#DEC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.139 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d98a',
    500: '#edca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edca56;
$custom-light: #f6d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.093,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84767,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCA56

secondary

#3251B5

accent

#3ADD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCA56

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

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