#EDCB55#EDCB55

#EDCB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.140 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCB55
RGB	rgb(237, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -1.00, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 61.47, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.0074 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.14 93)
XYZ	xyz(57.9235, 61.3754, 17.3882)
Luminance	0.6137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCB55 #5577ED

analogous

#ED7F55 #EDCB55 #C3ED55

triadic

#EDCB55 #55EDCB #CB55ED

tetradic

#EDCB55 #55ED7F #5577ED #ED55C3

square

#EDCB55 #55ED7F #5577ED #ED55C3

split-complementary

#EDCB55 #55C3ED #7F55ED

monochromatic

#B49013 #E7BA1E #EDCB55 #F3DC8C #F9EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EDCB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#EDCB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCB55

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCB55	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.140 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6da8a',
    500: '#edcb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcb55;
$custom-light: #f6da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.579,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84957,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.61372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCB55

secondary

#324FB4

accent

#38DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCB55

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

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