#EDCE59#EDCE59

#EDCE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.139 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCE59
RGB	rgb(237, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -2.29, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 60.63, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.0107 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.139 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.8022, 62.8714, 18.4874)
Luminance	0.6287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCE59 #5978ED

analogous

#ED8459 #EDCE59 #C2ED59

triadic

#EDCE59 #59EDCE #CE59ED

tetradic

#EDCE59 #59ED84 #5978ED #ED59C2

square

#EDCE59 #59ED84 #5978ED #ED59C2

split-complementary

#EDCE59 #59C2ED #8459ED

monochromatic

#B89514 #E7BE22 #EDCE59 #F3DE90 #F9EFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#EDCE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCE59

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCE59	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)

#E2CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.139 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc8c',
    500: '#edce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edce59;
$custom-light: #f6dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.432,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85596,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCE59

secondary

#334FB7

accent

#35DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCE59

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

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