#EDD361#EDD361

#EDD361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.136 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD361
RGB	rgb(237, 211, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.72, -4.32, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.72, 58.70, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0156 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.136 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.3795, 65.4589, 20.7614)
Luminance	0.6546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD361 #617BED

analogous

#ED8D61 #EDD361 #C1ED61

triadic

#EDD361 #61EDD3 #D361ED

tetradic

#EDD361 #61ED8D #617BED #ED61C1

square

#EDD361 #61ED8D #617BED #ED61C1

split-complementary

#EDD361 #61C1ED #8D61ED

monochromatic

#BE9F16 #E7C42A #EDD361 #F3E298 #FAF2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EDD361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#EDD361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD361

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD361	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 211, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.136 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e092',
    500: '#edd361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd361;
$custom-light: #f6e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86683,
    "c": 0.13615,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD361

secondary

#364FBD

accent

#31DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD361

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

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