#EDCD56#EDCD56

#EDCD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.141 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD56
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -1.97, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 61.61, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.0101 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.141 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.4388, 62.3421, 17.7574)
Luminance	0.6234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD56 #5676ED

analogous

#ED8156 #EDCD56 #C1ED56

triadic

#EDCD56 #56EDCD #CD56ED

tetradic

#EDCD56 #56ED81 #5676ED #ED56C1

square

#EDCD56 #56ED81 #5676ED #ED56C1

split-complementary

#EDCD56 #56C1ED #8156ED

monochromatic

#B59313 #E7BD1F #EDCD56 #F3DD8D #F9EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EDCD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#EDCD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD56

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD56	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.141 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db8a',
    500: '#edcd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd56;
$custom-light: #f6db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.285,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85367,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD56

secondary

#324EB5

accent

#35DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD56

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

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