#EDEB61#EDEB61

#EDEB61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.158 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEB61
RGB	rgb(237, 235, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.91, -16.29, 65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.91, 67.39, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(91.6% -0.0498 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(91.6% 0.158 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.7931, 78.2862, 22.8992)
Luminance	0.7828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEB61 #6163ED

analogous

#EDA561 #EDEB61 #A9ED61

triadic

#EDEB61 #61EDEB #EB61ED

tetradic

#EDEB61 #61EDA5 #6163ED #ED61A9

square

#EDEB61 #61EDA5 #6163ED #ED61A9

split-complementary

#EDEB61 #61A9ED #A561ED

monochromatic

#BEBC16 #E7E42A #EDEB61 #F3F298 #FAF9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDEB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.66

#EDEB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEB61

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEB61	1.00	1.26	16.66	16.66
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edeb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 235, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.158 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f193',
    500: '#edeb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edeb61;
$custom-light: #f6f193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edeb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91601,
    "c": 0.15791,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEB61

secondary

#3638BD

accent

#0DDC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEB61

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

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