#EDEE61#EDEE61

#EDEE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.161 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEE61
RGB	rgb(237, 238, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.69, -17.75, 66.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.69, 68.58, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(92.23% -0.0539 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(92.23% 0.161 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.6592, 80.0185, 23.1879)
Luminance	0.8002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEE61 #6261EE

analogous

#EEA961 #EDEE61 #A6EE61

triadic

#EDEE61 #61EDEE #EE61ED

tetradic

#EDEE61 #61EEA9 #6261EE #EE61A6

square

#EDEE61 #61EEA9 #6261EE #EE61A6

split-complementary

#EDEE61 #61A6EE #A961EE

monochromatic

#BFC015 #E7E82A #EDEE61 #F3F498 #FAFAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDEE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.00

#EDEE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEE61

17.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEE61	1.00	1.24	17.00	17.00
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edee61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 238, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.161 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f393',
    500: '#edee61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edee61;
$custom-light: #f6f393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edee61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.426,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92226,
    "c": 0.16095,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEE61

secondary

#3635BE

accent

#09DD0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEE61

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

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