#EDCE61#EDCE61

#EDCE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.132 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCE61
RGB	rgb(237, 206, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -1.76, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 57.14, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% -0.0082 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.132 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.1566, 63.0131, 20.3537)
Luminance	0.6301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCE61 #6180ED

analogous

#ED8861 #EDCE61 #C6ED61

triadic

#EDCE61 #61EDCE #CE61ED

tetradic

#EDCE61 #61ED88 #6180ED #ED61C6

square

#EDCE61 #61ED88 #6180ED #ED61C6

split-complementary

#EDCE61 #61C6ED #8861ED

monochromatic

#BE9916 #E7BD2A #EDCE61 #F3DF98 #FAF0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#EDCE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#EDCE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCE61

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCE61	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edce61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 206, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.132 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc91',
    500: '#edce61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edce61;
$custom-light: #f6dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edce61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85679,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCE61

secondary

#3654BD

accent

#38DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCE61

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

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