#EDE961#EDE961

#EDE961 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.156 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE961
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.39, -15.31, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.39, 66.61, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.19% -0.047 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(91.19% 0.156 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.2237, 77.1474, 22.7094)
Luminance	0.7714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE961 #6165ED

analogous

#EDA361 #EDE961 #ABED61

triadic

#EDE961 #61EDE9 #E961ED

tetradic

#EDE961 #61EDA3 #6165ED #ED61AB

square

#EDE961 #61EDA3 #6165ED #ED61AB

split-complementary

#EDE961 #61ABED #A361ED

monochromatic

#BEB916 #E7E12A #EDE961 #F3F198 #FAF8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EDE961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#EDE961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE961

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE961	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.156 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef93',
    500: '#ede961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede961;
$custom-light: #f6ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91186,
    "c": 0.1559,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE961

secondary

#363ABD

accent

#10DC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE961

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

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