#EDCB57#EDCB57

#EDCB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.139 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCB57
RGB	rgb(237, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.60, -0.88, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.60, 60.62, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0068 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.139 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.0040, 61.4076, 17.8126)
Luminance	0.6140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCB57 #5779ED

analogous

#ED8057 #EDCB57 #C4ED57

triadic

#EDCB57 #57EDCB #CB57ED

tetradic

#EDCB57 #57ED80 #5779ED #ED57C4

square

#EDCB57 #57ED80 #5779ED #ED57C4

split-complementary

#EDCB57 #57C4ED #8057ED

monochromatic

#B69114 #E7BA20 #EDCB57 #F3DC8E #F9EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EDCB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#EDCB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCB57

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCB57	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)

#DFC84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.139 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6da8b',
    500: '#edcb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcb57;
$custom-light: #f6da8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.4,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84976,
    "c": 0.13851,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCB57

secondary

#3350B6

accent

#39DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCB57

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →