#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
RGBrgb(237, 233, 97)
HSLhsl(58, 80%, 65%)
HSVhsv(58, 59%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.7%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(90.39, -15.31, 64.82)
CIE-LCHlch(90.39, 66.61, 103.29°)
OKLaboklab(91.19% -0.047 0.1487)
OKLCHoklch(91.19% 0.156 107.5)
XYZxyz(66.2237, 77.1474, 22.7094)
Luminance0.7714 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##EDE9611.001.2816.4316.43
#FFFFFF1.281.0021.0021.00
#00000016.4321.001.001.00
##00000016.4321.001.001.00

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

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#EDE961 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva