#EDCD59#EDCD59

#EDCD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.138 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD59
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.12, -1.78, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.12, 60.34, 91.69°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0092 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.138 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.5622, 62.3914, 18.4074)
Luminance	0.6239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD59 #5979ED

analogous

#ED8359 #EDCD59 #C3ED59

triadic

#EDCD59 #59EDCD #CD59ED

tetradic

#EDCD59 #59ED83 #5979ED #ED59C3

square

#EDCD59 #59ED83 #5979ED #ED59C3

split-complementary

#EDCD59 #59C3ED #8359ED

monochromatic

#B89414 #E7BC22 #EDCD59 #F3DE90 #F9EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EDCD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#EDCD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD59

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD59	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.138 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db8c',
    500: '#edcd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd59;
$custom-light: #f6db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85396,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD59

secondary

#3350B7

accent

#37DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD59

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

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