#EDD16A#EDD16A

#EDD16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.127 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD16A
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 106)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 55.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.30, -2.64, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.30, 54.00, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.0097 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.127 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.3294, 64.6488, 22.9336)
Luminance	0.6465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD16A #6A86ED

analogous

#ED906A #EDD16A #C7ED6A

triadic

#EDD16A #6AEDD1 #D16AED

tetradic

#EDD16A #6AED90 #6A86ED #ED6AC7

square

#EDD16A #6AED90 #6A86ED #ED6AC7

split-complementary

#EDD16A #6AC7ED #906AED

monochromatic

#C5A018 #E6C033 #EDD16A #F4E2A1 #FAF3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EDD16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#EDD16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD16A

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD16A	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.127 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de97',
    500: '#edd16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd16a;
$custom-light: #f5de97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 78.443,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86383,
    "c": 0.12674,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD16A

secondary

#3956C3

accent

#37DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD16A

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

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