#EDD161#EDD161

#EDD161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.135 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD161
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -3.30, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 58.06, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% -0.0126 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.135 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.8857, 64.4713, 20.5968)
Luminance	0.6447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD161 #617DED

analogous

#ED8B61 #EDD161 #C3ED61

triadic

#EDD161 #61EDD1 #D161ED

tetradic

#EDD161 #61ED8B #617DED #ED61C3

square

#EDD161 #61ED8B #617DED #ED61C3

split-complementary

#EDD161 #61C3ED #8B61ED

monochromatic

#BE9C16 #E7C12A #EDD161 #F3E198 #FAF1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EDD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#EDD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD161

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD161	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.135 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de92',
    500: '#edd161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd161;
$custom-light: #f6de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86281,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD161

secondary

#3651BD

accent

#34DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD161

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

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