#EDCE57#EDCE57

#EDCE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.141 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EDCE57
RGBrgb(237, 206, 87)
HSLhsl(48, 81%, 64%)
HSVhsv(48, 63%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13.1%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(83.36, -2.42, 61.44)
CIE-LCHlch(83.36, 61.48, 92.25°)
OKLaboklab(85.58% -0.0113 0.1401)
OKLCHoklch(85.58% 0.141 94.6)
XYZxyz(58.7194, 62.8382, 18.0511)
Luminance0.6283 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EDCE57 #5776ED
analogous
#ED8357 #EDCE57 #C1ED57
triadic
#EDCE57 #57EDCE #CE57ED
tetradic
#EDCE57 #57ED83 #5776ED #ED57C1
square
#EDCE57 #57ED83 #5776ED #ED57C1
split-complementary
#EDCE57 #57C1ED #8357ED
monochromatic
#B69414 #E7BE20 #EDCE57 #F3DE8E #F9EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55
#EDCE57 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57
#EDCE57 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCE57
13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EDCE57#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EDCE571.001.5513.5713.57
#FFFFFF1.551.0021.0021.00
#00000013.5721.001.001.00
##00000013.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E2CA49
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD45D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBFB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #edce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.141 94.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc8b',
    500: '#edce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #edce57;
$custom-light: #f6dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#edce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.6,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85577,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EDCE57
secondary
#334EB6
accent
#34DD09
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18150C
muted
#86847F

Preview Lab

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#EDCE57 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva