#EDCE5E#EDCE5E

#EDCE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.135 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCE5E
RGB	rgb(237, 206, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -1.97, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 58.46, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0092 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.135 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.0193, 62.9582, 19.6309)
Luminance	0.6296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCE5E #5E7DED

analogous

#ED875E #EDCE5E #C4ED5E

triadic

#EDCE5E #5EEDCE #CE5EED

tetradic

#EDCE5E #5EED87 #5E7DED #ED5EC4

square

#EDCE5E #5EED87 #5E7DED #ED5EC4

split-complementary

#EDCE5E #5EC4ED #875EED

monochromatic

#BC9715 #E7BD27 #EDCE5E #F3DF95 #F9F0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#EDCE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCE5E

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCE5E	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edce5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 206, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.135 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc8f',
    500: '#edce5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edce5e;
$custom-light: #f6dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edce5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.993,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85647,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCE5E

secondary

#3552BA

accent

#37DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCE5E

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

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