#EDEF61#EDEF61

#EDEF61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.162 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEF61
RGB	rgb(237, 239, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.95, -18.24, 66.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.95, 68.98, 105.33°)
OKLab	oklab(92.43% -0.0553 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(92.43% 0.162 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.9512, 80.6023, 23.2853)
Luminance	0.8060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEF61 #6361EF

analogous

#EFAA61 #EDEF61 #A6EF61

triadic

#EDEF61 #61EDEF #EF61ED

tetradic

#EDEF61 #61EFAA #6361EF #EF61A6

square

#EDEF61 #61EFAA #6361EF #EF61A6

split-complementary

#EDEF61 #61A6EF #AA61EF

monochromatic

#C0C214 #E7E929 #EDEF61 #F3F599 #FAFAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EDEF61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.12

#EDEF61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEF61

17.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEF61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEF61	1.00	1.23	17.12	17.12
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edef61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 239, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.162 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f493',
    500: '#edef61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edef61;
$custom-light: #f6f493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edef61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92434,
    "c": 0.16198,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEF61

secondary

#3634C0

accent

#08DE0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEF61

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

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