#EDE861#EDE861

#EDE861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.155 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE861
RGB	rgb(237, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.13, -14.82, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.13, 66.22, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.98% -0.0456 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(90.98% 0.155 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.9414, 76.5828, 22.6153)
Luminance	0.7658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE861 #6166ED

analogous

#EDA261 #EDE861 #ACED61

triadic

#EDE861 #61EDE8 #E861ED

tetradic

#EDE861 #61EDA2 #6166ED #ED61AC

square

#EDE861 #61EDA2 #6166ED #ED61AC

split-complementary

#EDE861 #61ACED #A261ED

monochromatic

#BEB816 #E7E02A #EDE861 #F3F098 #FAF8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EDE861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#EDE861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE861

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE861	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.155 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef93',
    500: '#ede861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede861;
$custom-light: #f6ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90979,
    "c": 0.1549,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE861

secondary

#363ABD

accent

#11DC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE861

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

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