#EDD761#EDD761

#EDD761 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD761
RGB	rgb(237, 215, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -6.35, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 60.02, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.0214 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.3856, 67.4711, 21.0967)
Luminance	0.6747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD761 #6177ED

analogous

#ED9161 #EDD761 #BDED61

triadic

#EDD761 #61EDD7 #D761ED

tetradic

#EDD761 #61ED91 #6177ED #ED61BD

square

#EDD761 #61ED91 #6177ED #ED61BD

split-complementary

#EDD761 #61BDED #9161ED

monochromatic

#BEA416 #E7C92A #EDD761 #F3E598 #FAF3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EDD761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#EDD761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD761

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD761	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 215, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e392',
    500: '#edd761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd761;
$custom-light: #f6e392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87493,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD761

secondary

#364BBD

accent

#2BDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD761

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

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