#EDCB50#EDCB50

#EDCB50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.144 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCB50
RGB	rgb(237, 203, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 66.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.54, -1.29, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.54, 63.54, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.0089 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.144 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.7318, 61.2987, 16.3788)
Luminance	0.6130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCB50 #5072ED

analogous

#ED7C50 #EDCB50 #C1ED50

triadic

#EDCB50 #50EDCB #CB50ED

tetradic

#EDCB50 #50ED7C #5072ED #ED50C1

square

#EDCB50 #50ED7C #5072ED #ED50C1

split-complementary

#EDCB50 #50C1ED #7C50ED

monochromatic

#B08E12 #E7BB19 #EDCB50 #F3DB87 #F8ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EDCB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#EDCB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCB50

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCB50	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 203, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.144 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7da87',
    500: '#edcb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcb50;
$custom-light: #f7da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.006,
    "s": 81.347,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84911,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCB50

secondary

#304CB1

accent

#36DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCB50

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →