#EDE261#EDE261

#EDE261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.149 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE261
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.57, -11.86, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.57, 63.94, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0372 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.149 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.2813, 73.2625, 22.0620)
Luminance	0.7326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE261 #616CED

analogous

#ED9C61 #EDE261 #B2ED61

triadic

#EDE261 #61EDE2 #E261ED

tetradic

#EDE261 #61ED9C #616CED #ED61B2

square

#EDE261 #61ED9C #616CED #ED61B2

split-complementary

#EDE261 #61B2ED #9C61ED

monochromatic

#BEB116 #E7D82A #EDE261 #F3EC98 #FAF6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#EDE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE261

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE261	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.149 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea93',
    500: '#ede261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede261;
$custom-light: #f6ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8974,
    "c": 0.14911,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE261

secondary

#3640BD

accent

#1ADC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE261

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

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