#EDD261#EDD261

#EDD261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.135 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD261
RGB	rgb(237, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -3.81, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 58.38, 93.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0141 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.135 96)
XYZ	xyz(60.1318, 64.9636, 20.6788)
Luminance	0.6496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD261 #617CED

analogous

#ED8C61 #EDD261 #C2ED61

triadic

#EDD261 #61EDD2 #D261ED

tetradic

#EDD261 #61ED8C #617CED #ED61C2

square

#EDD261 #61ED8C #617CED #ED61C2

split-complementary

#EDD261 #61C2ED #8C61ED

monochromatic

#BE9D16 #E7C22A #EDD261 #F3E298 #FAF1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EDD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#EDD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD261

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD261	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.135 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6df92',
    500: '#edd261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd261;
$custom-light: #f6df92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86482,
    "c": 0.13538,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.64961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD261

secondary

#3650BD

accent

#32DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD261

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

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