#EDE561#EDE561

#EDE561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.152 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE561
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.35, -13.34, 63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.35, 65.07, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(90.36% -0.0414 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(90.36% 0.152 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.1042, 74.9083, 22.3363)
Luminance	0.7491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE561 #6169ED

analogous

#ED9F61 #EDE561 #AFED61

triadic

#EDE561 #61EDE5 #E561ED

tetradic

#EDE561 #61ED9F #6169ED #ED61AF

square

#EDE561 #61ED9F #6169ED #ED61AF

split-complementary

#EDE561 #61AFED #9F61ED

monochromatic

#BEB416 #E7DC2A #EDE561 #F3EE98 #FAF7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#EDE561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE561

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE561	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.152 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed93',
    500: '#ede561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede561;
$custom-light: #f6ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90359,
    "c": 0.15197,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE561

secondary

#363DBD

accent

#16DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE561

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

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