#EDE461#EDE461

#EDE461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.151 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE461
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.09, -12.85, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.09, 64.69, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(90.15% -0.04 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(90.15% 0.151 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.8283, 74.3566, 22.2443)
Luminance	0.7435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE461 #616AED

analogous

#ED9E61 #EDE461 #B0ED61

triadic

#EDE461 #61EDE4 #E461ED

tetradic

#EDE461 #61ED9E #616AED #ED61B0

square

#EDE461 #61ED9E #616AED #ED61B0

split-complementary

#EDE461 #61B0ED #9E61ED

monochromatic

#BEB316 #E7DB2A #EDE461 #F3ED98 #FAF7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#EDE461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE461

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE461	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.151 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec93',
    500: '#ede461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede461;
$custom-light: #f6ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90152,
    "c": 0.15101,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE461

secondary

#363EBD

accent

#17DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE461

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

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