#EDE761#EDE761

#EDE761 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.154 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE761
RGB	rgb(237, 231, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.87, -14.33, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.87, 65.83, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0442 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.154 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.6608, 76.0215, 22.5218)
Luminance	0.7602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE761 #6167ED

analogous

#EDA161 #EDE761 #ADED61

triadic

#EDE761 #61EDE7 #E761ED

tetradic

#EDE761 #61EDA1 #6167ED #ED61AD

square

#EDE761 #61EDA1 #6167ED #ED61AD

split-complementary

#EDE761 #61ADED #A161ED

monochromatic

#BEB716 #E7DF2A #EDE761 #F3EF98 #FAF8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EDE761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#EDE761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE761

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE761	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 231, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.154 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ee93',
    500: '#ede761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede761;
$custom-light: #f6ee93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90772,
    "c": 0.15392,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE761

secondary

#363BBD

accent

#13DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE761

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

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