#EDEA61#EDEA61

#EDEA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.157 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEA61
RGB	rgb(237, 234, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.65, -15.80, 65.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.65, 67.00, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.0484 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.157 108)
XYZ	xyz(66.5076, 77.7152, 22.8041)
Luminance	0.7771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEA61 #6164ED

analogous

#EDA461 #EDEA61 #AAED61

triadic

#EDEA61 #61EDEA #EA61ED

tetradic

#EDEA61 #61EDA4 #6164ED #ED61AA

square

#EDEA61 #61EDA4 #6164ED #ED61AA

split-complementary

#EDEA61 #61AAED #A461ED

monochromatic

#BEBA16 #E7E32A #EDEA61 #F3F198 #FAF9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDEA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#EDEA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEA61

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEA61	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edea61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 234, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.157 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f093',
    500: '#edea61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edea61;
$custom-light: #f6f093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edea61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91394,
    "c": 0.15689,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.77713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEA61

secondary

#3639BD

accent

#0EDC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEA61

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

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