#EDCD61#EDCD61

#EDCD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.132 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD61
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.20, -1.25, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.20, 56.84, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% -0.0067 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.132 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.9166, 62.5332, 20.2737)
Luminance	0.6253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD61 #6181ED

analogous

#ED8761 #EDCD61 #C7ED61

triadic

#EDCD61 #61EDCD #CD61ED

tetradic

#EDCD61 #61ED87 #6181ED #ED61C7

square

#EDCD61 #61ED87 #6181ED #ED61C7

split-complementary

#EDCD61 #61C7ED #8761ED

monochromatic

#BE9716 #E7BC2A #EDCD61 #F3DE98 #FAF0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#EDCD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD61

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD61	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.132 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc91',
    500: '#edcd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd61;
$custom-light: #f6dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85479,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD61

secondary

#3654BD

accent

#3ADC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD61

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

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