#EDCC56#EDCC56

#EDCC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.140 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCC56
RGB	rgb(237, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.84, -1.46, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.84, 61.33, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.0086 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.14 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.2004, 61.8652, 17.6779)
Luminance	0.6186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCC56 #5677ED

analogous

#ED8056 #EDCC56 #C3ED56

triadic

#EDCC56 #56EDCC #CC56ED

tetradic

#EDCC56 #56ED80 #5677ED #ED56C3

square

#EDCC56 #56ED80 #5677ED #ED56C3

split-complementary

#EDCC56 #56C3ED #8056ED

monochromatic

#B59213 #E7BB1F #EDCC56 #F3DD8D #F9EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EDCC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#EDCC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCC56

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCC56	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.140 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db8a',
    500: '#edcc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcc56;
$custom-light: #f6db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.887,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85166,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCC56

secondary

#324FB5

accent

#37DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCC56

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

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