#EDE361#EDE361

#EDE361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.150 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE361
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.83, -12.35, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.83, 64.31, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(89.95% -0.0386 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(89.95% 0.15 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.5540, 73.8080, 22.1529)
Luminance	0.7381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE361 #616BED

analogous

#ED9D61 #EDE361 #B1ED61

triadic

#EDE361 #61EDE3 #E361ED

tetradic

#EDE361 #61ED9D #616BED #ED61B1

square

#EDE361 #61ED9D #616BED #ED61B1

split-complementary

#EDE361 #61B1ED #9D61ED

monochromatic

#BEB216 #E7D92A #EDE361 #F3ED98 #FAF6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#EDE361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE361

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE361	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.150 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eb93',
    500: '#ede361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede361;
$custom-light: #f6eb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89946,
    "c": 0.15006,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE361

secondary

#363FBD

accent

#19DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE361

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

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