#EDCB59#EDCB59

#EDCB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.137 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCB59
RGB	rgb(237, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -0.76, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 59.76, 90.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.0062 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.137 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.0869, 61.4407, 18.2489)
Luminance	0.6144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCB59 #597BED

analogous

#ED8159 #EDCB59 #C5ED59

triadic

#EDCB59 #59EDCB #CB59ED

tetradic

#EDCB59 #59ED81 #597BED #ED59C5

square

#EDCB59 #59ED81 #597BED #ED59C5

split-complementary

#EDCB59 #59C5ED #8159ED

monochromatic

#B89214 #E7BA22 #EDCB59 #F3DC90 #F9EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EDCB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#EDCB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCB59

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCB59	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.137 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6da8c',
    500: '#edcb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcb59;
$custom-light: #f6da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84996,
    "c": 0.13695,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCB59

secondary

#3351B7

accent

#39DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCB59

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

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