#EDCC57#EDCC57

#EDCC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.139 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCC57
RGB	rgb(237, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -1.39, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 60.90, 91.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.18% -0.0083 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(85.18% 0.139 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.2410, 61.8814, 17.8916)
Luminance	0.6188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCC57 #5778ED

analogous

#ED8157 #EDCC57 #C3ED57

triadic

#EDCC57 #57EDCC #CC57ED

tetradic

#EDCC57 #57ED81 #5778ED #ED57C3

square

#EDCC57 #57ED81 #5778ED #ED57C3

split-complementary

#EDCC57 #57C3ED #8157ED

monochromatic

#B69214 #E7BB20 #EDCC57 #F3DD8E #F9EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EDCC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#EDCC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCC57

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCC57	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.139 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db8b',
    500: '#edcc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcc57;
$custom-light: #f6db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85176,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCC57

secondary

#334FB6

accent

#37DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCC57

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

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