#EDCE5C#EDCE5C

#EDCE5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.137 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCE5C
RGB	rgb(237, 206, 92)
HSL	hsl(47, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.40, -2.10, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.40, 59.34, 92.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.0098 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.137 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.9308, 62.9228, 19.1644)
Luminance	0.6292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCE5C #5C7BED

analogous

#ED855C #EDCE5C #C4ED5C

triadic

#EDCE5C #5CEDCE #CE5CED

tetradic

#EDCE5C #5CED85 #5C7BED #ED5CC4

square

#EDCE5C #5CED85 #5C7BED #ED5CC4

split-complementary

#EDCE5C #5CC4ED #855CED

monochromatic

#BA9715 #E7BD25 #EDCE5C #F3DF93 #F9EFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#EDCE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCE5C

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCE5C	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)

#E1CA50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edce5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 206, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.137 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc8e',
    500: '#edce5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edce5c;
$custom-light: #f6dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edce5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.172,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85626,
    "c": 0.13659,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCE5C

secondary

#3451B9

accent

#36DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCE5C

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

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