#EDCE56#EDCE56

#EDCE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.141 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCE56
RGB	rgb(237, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, -2.48, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 61.91, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0116 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.141 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.6788, 62.8220, 17.8374)
Luminance	0.6282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCE56 #5675ED

analogous

#ED8256 #EDCE56 #C0ED56

triadic

#EDCE56 #56EDCE #CE56ED

tetradic

#EDCE56 #56ED82 #5675ED #ED56C0

square

#EDCE56 #56ED82 #5675ED #ED56C0

split-complementary

#EDCE56 #56C0ED #8256ED

monochromatic

#B59413 #E7BE1F #EDCE56 #F3DE8D #F9EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#EDCE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCE56

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCE56	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)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.141 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc8b',
    500: '#edce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edce56;
$custom-light: #f6dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.682,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85567,
    "c": 0.14131,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCE56

secondary

#324DB5

accent

#34DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCE56

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

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