#EDD961#EDD961

#EDD961 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.141 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD961
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -7.36, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 60.70, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(87.9% -0.0243 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(87.9% 0.141 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.8979, 68.4959, 21.2675)
Luminance	0.6849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD961 #6175ED

analogous

#ED9361 #EDD961 #BBED61

triadic

#EDD961 #61EDD9 #D961ED

tetradic

#EDD961 #61ED93 #6175ED #ED61BB

square

#EDD961 #61ED93 #6175ED #ED61BB

split-complementary

#EDD961 #61BBED #9361ED

monochromatic

#BEA616 #E7CC2A #EDD961 #F3E698 #FAF3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#EDD961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD961

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD961	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.141 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e492',
    500: '#edd961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd961;
$custom-light: #f6e492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87899,
    "c": 0.14104,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD961

secondary

#3649BD

accent

#28DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD961

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

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