#EDCE55#EDCE55

#EDCE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.142 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCE55
RGB	rgb(237, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.34, -2.54, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.34, 62.33, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% -0.0119 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.142 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.6388, 62.8060, 17.6267)
Luminance	0.6280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCE55 #5574ED

analogous

#ED8255 #EDCE55 #C0ED55

triadic

#EDCE55 #55EDCE #CE55ED

tetradic

#EDCE55 #55ED82 #5574ED #ED55C0

square

#EDCE55 #55ED82 #5574ED #ED55C0

split-complementary

#EDCE55 #55C0ED #8255ED

monochromatic

#B49413 #E7BE1E #EDCE55 #F3DE8C #F9EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#EDCE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCE55

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCE55	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.142 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc8a',
    500: '#edce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edce55;
$custom-light: #f6dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.763,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85558,
    "c": 0.14208,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCE55

secondary

#324DB4

accent

#34DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCE55

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

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