#EDDA61#EDDA61

#EDDA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.142 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDA61
RGB	rgb(237, 218, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -7.86, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 61.05, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(88.1% -0.0257 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(88.1% 0.142 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.1565, 69.0129, 21.3537)
Luminance	0.6901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDA61 #6174ED

analogous

#ED9461 #EDDA61 #BAED61

triadic

#EDDA61 #61EDDA #DA61ED

tetradic

#EDDA61 #61ED94 #6174ED #ED61BA

square

#EDDA61 #61ED94 #6174ED #ED61BA

split-complementary

#EDDA61 #61BAED #9461ED

monochromatic

#BEA716 #E7CD2A #EDDA61 #F3E798 #FAF4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDDA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#EDDA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDA61

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDA61	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edda61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 218, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.142 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e592',
    500: '#edda61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edda61;
$custom-light: #f6e592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edda61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88102,
    "c": 0.14189,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDA61

secondary

#3648BD

accent

#26DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDA61

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

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