#EDCD57#EDCD57

#EDCD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.140 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD57
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, -1.91, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 61.19, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% -0.0098 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.14 94)
XYZ	xyz(58.4794, 62.3583, 17.9711)
Luminance	0.6236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD57 #5777ED

analogous

#ED8257 #EDCD57 #C2ED57

triadic

#EDCD57 #57EDCD #CD57ED

tetradic

#EDCD57 #57ED82 #5777ED #ED57C2

square

#EDCD57 #57ED82 #5777ED #ED57C2

split-complementary

#EDCD57 #57C2ED #8257ED

monochromatic

#B69314 #E7BD20 #EDCD57 #F3DD8E #F9EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EDCD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#EDCD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD57

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD57	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)

#E1C94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.140 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db8b',
    500: '#edcd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd57;
$custom-light: #f6db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.2,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85376,
    "c": 0.13985,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.62355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD57

secondary

#334FB6

accent

#36DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD57

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

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