#EDEA51#EDEA51

#EDEA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.169 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEA51
RGB	rgb(237, 234, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 65.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.53, -16.77, 71.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.53, 73.33, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.26% -0.0528 0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(91.26% 0.169 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.8354, 77.4463, 19.2636)
Luminance	0.7744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEA51 #5154ED

analogous

#ED9C51 #EDEA51 #A2ED51

triadic

#EDEA51 #51EDEA #EA51ED

tetradic

#EDEA51 #51ED9C #5154ED #ED51A2

square

#EDEA51 #51ED9C #5154ED #ED51A2

split-complementary

#EDEA51 #51A2ED #9C51ED

monochromatic

#B1AE12 #E7E31A #EDEA51 #F3F188 #F8F7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDEA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#EDEA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEA51

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEA51	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edea51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 234, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.169 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f08a',
    500: '#edea51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edea51;
$custom-light: #f6f08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edea51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91256,
    "c": 0.1687,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEA51

secondary

#3133B1

accent

#0CDE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEA51

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

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