#EDDE61#EDDE61

#EDDE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.145 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE61
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.54, -9.87, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.54, 62.47, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(88.92% -0.0315 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(88.92% 0.145 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.2063, 71.1125, 21.7036)
Luminance	0.7111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE61 #6170ED

analogous

#ED9861 #EDDE61 #B6ED61

triadic

#EDDE61 #61EDDE #DE61ED

tetradic

#EDDE61 #61ED98 #6170ED #ED61B6

square

#EDDE61 #61ED98 #6170ED #ED61B6

split-complementary

#EDDE61 #61B6ED #9861ED

monochromatic

#BEAC16 #E7D32A #EDDE61 #F3E998 #FAF5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#EDDE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE61

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE61	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.145 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e892',
    500: '#edde61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde61;
$custom-light: #f6e892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88919,
    "c": 0.14543,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE61

secondary

#3644BD

accent

#20DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE61

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

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