#EDCD55#EDCD55

#EDCD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.141 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD55
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -2.03, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 62.04, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% -0.0104 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.141 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.3988, 62.3261, 17.5467)
Luminance	0.6232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD55 #5575ED

analogous

#ED8155 #EDCD55 #C1ED55

triadic

#EDCD55 #55EDCD #CD55ED

tetradic

#EDCD55 #55ED81 #5575ED #ED55C1

square

#EDCD55 #55ED81 #5575ED #ED55C1

split-complementary

#EDCD55 #55C1ED #8155ED

monochromatic

#B49313 #E7BD1E #EDCD55 #F3DD8C #F9EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EDCD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#EDCD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD55

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD55	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.141 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db8a',
    500: '#edcd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd55;
$custom-light: #f6db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85357,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD55

secondary

#324DB4

accent

#35DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD55

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

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