#EDEC61#EDEC61

#EDEC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.159 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEC61
RGB	rgb(237, 236, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.17, -16.78, 65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.17, 67.78, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(91.81% -0.0511 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(91.81% 0.159 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.0802, 78.8604, 22.9949)
Luminance	0.7886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEC61 #6162ED

analogous

#EDA661 #EDEC61 #A8ED61

triadic

#EDEC61 #61EDEC #EC61ED

tetradic

#EDEC61 #61EDA6 #6162ED #ED61A8

square

#EDEC61 #61EDA6 #6162ED #ED61A8

split-complementary

#EDEC61 #61A8ED #A661ED

monochromatic

#BEBD16 #E7E52A #EDEC61 #F3F398 #FAF9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#EDEC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEC61

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEC61	1.00	1.25	16.77	16.77
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edec61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 236, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.159 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f193',
    500: '#edec61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edec61;
$custom-light: #f6f193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edec61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.571,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91809,
    "c": 0.15891,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEC61

secondary

#3637BD

accent

#0BDC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEC61

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

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