#EDCB61#EDCB61

#EDCB61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.130 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCB61
RGB	rgb(237, 203, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.69, -0.22, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.69, 56.25, 90.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0037 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.13 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.4413, 61.5825, 20.1153)
Luminance	0.6158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCB61 #6183ED

analogous

#ED8561 #EDCB61 #C9ED61

triadic

#EDCB61 #61EDCB #CB61ED

tetradic

#EDCB61 #61ED85 #6183ED #ED61C9

square

#EDCB61 #61ED85 #6183ED #ED61C9

split-complementary

#EDCB61 #61C9ED #8561ED

monochromatic

#BE9516 #E7B92A #EDCB61 #F3DD98 #FAEFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EDCB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#EDCB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCB61

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCB61	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 203, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.130 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6da91',
    500: '#edcb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcb61;
$custom-light: #f6da91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8508,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCB61

secondary

#3656BD

accent

#3DDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCB61

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

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