#EDCD58#EDCD58

#EDCD58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.139 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD58
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 88)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 62.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.11, -1.85, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.11, 60.77, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.0095 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.139 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.5205, 62.3748, 18.1877)
Luminance	0.6237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD58 #5878ED

analogous

#ED8258 #EDCD58 #C2ED58

triadic

#EDCD58 #58EDCD #CD58ED

tetradic

#EDCD58 #58ED82 #5878ED #ED58C2

square

#EDCD58 #58ED82 #5878ED #ED58C2

split-complementary

#EDCD58 #58C2ED #8258ED

monochromatic

#B79414 #E7BC21 #EDCD58 #F3DE8F #F9EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EDCD58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#EDCD58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD58

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD58	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)

#E1C94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.139 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db8c',
    500: '#edcd58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd58;
$custom-light: #f6db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.114,
    "s": 80.541,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85386,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD58

secondary

#334FB6

accent

#36DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD58

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

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