#EDCE51#EDCE51

#EDCE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.145 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCE51
RGB	rgb(237, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 65.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.31, -2.77, 63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.31, 63.98, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.013 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.145 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.4843, 62.7442, 16.8133)
Luminance	0.6274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCE51 #5170ED

analogous

#ED8051 #EDCE51 #BEED51

triadic

#EDCE51 #51EDCE #CE51ED

tetradic

#EDCE51 #51ED80 #5170ED #ED51BE

square

#EDCE51 #51ED80 #5170ED #ED51BE

split-complementary

#EDCE51 #51BEED #8051ED

monochromatic

#B19212 #E7BE1A #EDCE51 #F3DE88 #F8EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#EDCE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCE51

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCE51	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)

#E2CA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.145 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc88',
    500: '#edce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edce51;
$custom-light: #f6dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.077,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85522,
    "c": 0.14505,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCE51

secondary

#314AB1

accent

#32DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCE51

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

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