#EDCC59#EDCC59

#EDCC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.138 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCC59
RGB	rgb(237, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.87, -1.27, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.87, 60.05, 91.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0077 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.138 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.3238, 61.9146, 18.3279)
Luminance	0.6191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCC59 #597AED

analogous

#ED8259 #EDCC59 #C4ED59

triadic

#EDCC59 #59EDCC #CC59ED

tetradic

#EDCC59 #59ED82 #597AED #ED59C4

square

#EDCC59 #59ED82 #597AED #ED59C4

split-complementary

#EDCC59 #59C4ED #8259ED

monochromatic

#B89314 #E7BB22 #EDCC59 #F3DD90 #F9EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EDCC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#EDCC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCC59

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCC59	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)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.138 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db8c',
    500: '#edcc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcc59;
$custom-light: #f6db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.622,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85196,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCC59

secondary

#3351B7

accent

#38DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCC59

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

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