#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
RGB	rgb(237, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.36, -2.42, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.36, 61.48, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% -0.0113 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.141 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.7194, 62.8382, 18.0511)
Luminance	0.6283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##EDCE57	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #EDCE57

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →