#EDCA61#EDCA61

#EDCA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.130 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCA61
RGB	rgb(237, 202, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, 0.29, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 55.96, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(84.88% -0.0023 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(84.88% 0.13 91)
XYZ	xyz(58.2059, 61.1117, 20.0368)
Luminance	0.6111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCA61 #6184ED

analogous

#ED8461 #EDCA61 #CAED61

triadic

#EDCA61 #61EDCA #CA61ED

tetradic

#EDCA61 #61ED84 #6184ED #ED61CA

square

#EDCA61 #61ED84 #6184ED #ED61CA

split-complementary

#EDCA61 #61CAED #8461ED

monochromatic

#BE9416 #E7B82A #EDCA61 #F3DC98 #FAEFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EDCA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#EDCA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCA61

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCA61	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edca61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 202, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.130 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d991',
    500: '#edca61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edca61;
$custom-light: #f6d991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edca61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84881,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.61109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCA61

secondary

#3657BD

accent

#3EDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCA61

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

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