#EDD661#EDD661

#EDD661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.139 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD661
RGB	rgb(237, 214, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -5.84, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 59.69, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0199 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.139 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.1317, 66.9634, 21.0121)
Luminance	0.6696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD661 #6178ED

analogous

#ED9061 #EDD661 #BEED61

triadic

#EDD661 #61EDD6 #D661ED

tetradic

#EDD661 #61ED90 #6178ED #ED61BE

square

#EDD661 #61ED90 #6178ED #ED61BE

split-complementary

#EDD661 #61BEED #9061ED

monochromatic

#BEA216 #E7C82A #EDD661 #F3E498 #FAF3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#EDD661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD661

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD661	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 214, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.139 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e292',
    500: '#edd661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd661;
$custom-light: #f6e292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8729,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD661

secondary

#364CBD

accent

#2CDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD661

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

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