#EDCB56#EDCB56

#EDCB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.139 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCB56
RGB	rgb(237, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -0.94, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 61.04, 90.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0071 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.139 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.9635, 61.3914, 17.5989)
Luminance	0.6139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCB56 #5678ED

analogous

#ED7F56 #EDCB56 #C3ED56

triadic

#EDCB56 #56EDCB #CB56ED

tetradic

#EDCB56 #56ED7F #5678ED #ED56C3

square

#EDCB56 #56ED7F #5678ED #ED56C3

split-complementary

#EDCB56 #56C3ED #7F56ED

monochromatic

#B59113 #E7BA1F #EDCB56 #F3DC8D #F9EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EDCB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#EDCB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCB56

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCB56	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.139 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6da8a',
    500: '#edcb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcb56;
$custom-light: #f6da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.49,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84967,
    "c": 0.13928,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCB56

secondary

#3250B5

accent

#38DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCB56

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

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