#EDDB61#EDDB61

#EDDB61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.143 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDB61
RGB	rgb(237, 219, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.77, -8.36, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.77, 61.40, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.31% -0.0272 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(88.31% 0.143 101)
XYZ	xyz(62.4166, 69.5331, 21.4404)
Luminance	0.6953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDB61 #6173ED

analogous

#ED9561 #EDDB61 #B9ED61

triadic

#EDDB61 #61EDDB #DB61ED

tetradic

#EDDB61 #61ED95 #6173ED #ED61B9

square

#EDDB61 #61ED95 #6173ED #ED61B9

split-complementary

#EDDB61 #61B9ED #9561ED

monochromatic

#BEA816 #E7CE2A #EDDB61 #F3E898 #FAF4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EDDB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#EDDB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDB61

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDB61	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 219, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.143 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e592',
    500: '#eddb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddb61;
$custom-light: #f6e592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88306,
    "c": 0.14276,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.69531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDB61

secondary

#3647BD

accent

#25DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDB61

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

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