#EDCE50#EDCE50

#EDCE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.146 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCE50
RGB	rgb(237, 206, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 66.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.30, -2.83, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.30, 64.39, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.0133 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.146 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.4471, 62.7293, 16.6173)
Luminance	0.6273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCE50 #506FED

analogous

#ED8050 #EDCE50 #BDED50

triadic

#EDCE50 #50EDCE #CE50ED

tetradic

#EDCE50 #50ED80 #506FED #ED50BD

square

#EDCE50 #50ED80 #506FED #ED50BD

split-complementary

#EDCE50 #50BDED #8050ED

monochromatic

#B09112 #E7BE19 #EDCE50 #F3DE87 #F8EDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#EDCE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCE50

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCE50	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edce50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 206, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.146 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7dc87',
    500: '#edce50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edce50;
$custom-light: #f7dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edce50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.153,
    "s": 81.347,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85513,
    "c": 0.14578,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCE50

secondary

#304AB1

accent

#32DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCE50

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

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