#EDCE5B#EDCE5B

#EDCE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.137 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCE5B
RGB	rgb(237, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -2.17, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 59.77, 92.08°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0101 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.137 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8873, 62.9054, 18.9357)
Luminance	0.6290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCE5B #5B7AED

analogous

#ED855B #EDCE5B #C3ED5B

triadic

#EDCE5B #5BEDCE #CE5BED

tetradic

#EDCE5B #5BED85 #5B7AED #ED5BC3

square

#EDCE5B #5BED85 #5B7AED #ED5BC3

split-complementary

#EDCE5B #5BC3ED #855BED

monochromatic

#B99614 #E7BE24 #EDCE5B #F3DE92 #F9EFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#EDCE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCE5B

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCE5B	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edce5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.137 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc8e',
    500: '#edce5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edce5b;
$custom-light: #f6dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edce5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.26,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85616,
    "c": 0.13739,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCE5B

secondary

#3450B8

accent

#36DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCE5B

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

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