#EDE061#EDE061

#EDE061 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.147 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE061
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -10.86, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 63.20, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0343 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.147 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.7406, 72.1812, 21.8817)
Luminance	0.7218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE061 #616EED

analogous

#ED9A61 #EDE061 #B4ED61

triadic

#EDE061 #61EDE0 #E061ED

tetradic

#EDE061 #61ED9A #616EED #ED61B4

square

#EDE061 #61ED9A #616EED #ED61B4

split-complementary

#EDE061 #61B4ED #9A61ED

monochromatic

#BEAE16 #E7D52A #EDE061 #F3EB98 #FAF6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDE061 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#EDE061 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE061

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE061	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE061	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede061;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.147 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e992',
    500: '#ede061',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede061;
$custom-light: #f6e992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede061",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.429,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89329,
    "c": 0.14725,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE061

secondary

#3642BD

accent

#1DDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE061

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

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