#EDCA59#EDCA59

#EDCA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.136 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCA59
RGB	rgb(237, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.36, -0.24, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.36, 59.48, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% -0.0048 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.136 92)
XYZ	xyz(57.8515, 60.9700, 18.1705)
Luminance	0.6097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCA59 #597CED

analogous

#ED8059 #EDCA59 #C6ED59

triadic

#EDCA59 #59EDCA #CA59ED

tetradic

#EDCA59 #59ED80 #597CED #ED59C6

square

#EDCA59 #59ED80 #597CED #ED59C6

split-complementary

#EDCA59 #59C6ED #8059ED

monochromatic

#B89114 #E7B822 #EDCA59 #F3DC90 #F9EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EDCA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#EDCA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCA59

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCA59	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)

#DEC74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.136 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d98c',
    500: '#edca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edca59;
$custom-light: #f6d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.811,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84797,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.60967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCA59

secondary

#3352B7

accent

#3BDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCA59

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

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