#EDCD5B#EDCD5B

#EDCD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.137 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD5B
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.14, -1.65, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.14, 59.47, 91.59°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.0086 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.137 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.6474, 62.4255, 18.8557)
Luminance	0.6242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD5B #5B7BED

analogous

#ED845B #EDCD5B #C4ED5B

triadic

#EDCD5B #5BEDCD #CD5BED

tetradic

#EDCD5B #5BED84 #5B7BED #ED5BC4

square

#EDCD5B #5BED84 #5B7BED #ED5BC4

split-complementary

#EDCD5B #5BC4ED #845BED

monochromatic

#B99514 #E7BC24 #EDCD5B #F3DE92 #F9EFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EDCD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#EDCD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD5B

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD5B	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)

#E1CA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.137 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db8e',
    500: '#edcd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd5b;
$custom-light: #f6db8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85416,
    "c": 0.1367,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD5B

secondary

#3451B8

accent

#37DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD5B

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

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