#EDCA57#EDCA57

#EDCA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.138 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCA57
RGB	rgb(237, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -0.37, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 60.34, 90.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.0054 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.138 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.7687, 60.9368, 17.7341)
Luminance	0.6093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCA57 #577AED

analogous

#ED7F57 #EDCA57 #C5ED57

triadic

#EDCA57 #57EDCA #CA57ED

tetradic

#EDCA57 #57ED7F #577AED #ED57C5

square

#EDCA57 #57ED7F #577AED #ED57C5

split-complementary

#EDCA57 #57C5ED #7F57ED

monochromatic

#B69014 #E7B920 #EDCA57 #F3DB8E #F9EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EDCA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#EDCA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCA57

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCA57	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.138 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d98b',
    500: '#edca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edca57;
$custom-light: #f6d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84777,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCA57

secondary

#3351B6

accent

#3ADD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCA57

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

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