#EDE661#EDE661

#EDE661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.153 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE661
RGB	rgb(237, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.61, -13.84, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.61, 65.45, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.0428 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.153 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.3817, 75.4633, 22.4288)
Luminance	0.7546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE661 #6168ED

analogous

#EDA061 #EDE661 #AEED61

triadic

#EDE661 #61EDE6 #E661ED

tetradic

#EDE661 #61EDA0 #6168ED #ED61AE

square

#EDE661 #61EDA0 #6168ED #ED61AE

split-complementary

#EDE661 #61AEED #A061ED

monochromatic

#BEB616 #E7DD2A #EDE661 #F3EF98 #FAF7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EDE661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#EDE661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE661

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE661	1.00	1.30	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.153 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed93',
    500: '#ede661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede661;
$custom-light: #f6ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90565,
    "c": 0.15294,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE661

secondary

#363CBD

accent

#14DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE661

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

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