#EDD561#EDD561

#EDD561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.138 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD561
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -5.33, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 59.35, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% -0.0185 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.138 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.8794, 66.4588, 20.9280)
Luminance	0.6646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD561 #6179ED

analogous

#ED8F61 #EDD561 #BFED61

triadic

#EDD561 #61EDD5 #D561ED

tetradic

#EDD561 #61ED8F #6179ED #ED61BF

square

#EDD561 #61ED8F #6179ED #ED61BF

split-complementary

#EDD561 #61BFED #8F61ED

monochromatic

#BEA116 #E7C62A #EDD561 #F3E498 #FAF2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#EDD561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD561

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD561	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.138 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e192',
    500: '#edd561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd561;
$custom-light: #f6e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87087,
    "c": 0.13773,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD561

secondary

#364DBD

accent

#2EDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD561

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

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