#EDD16B#EDD16B

#EDD16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.126 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD16B
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 107)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 54.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -2.56, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 53.54, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.0093 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.126 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.3817, 64.6697, 23.2090)
Luminance	0.6467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD16B #6B87ED

analogous

#ED906B #EDD16B #C8ED6B

triadic

#EDD16B #6BEDD1 #D16BED

tetradic

#EDD16B #6BED90 #6B87ED #ED6BC8

square

#EDD16B #6BED90 #6B87ED #ED6BC8

split-complementary

#EDD16B #6BC8ED #906BED

monochromatic

#C6A018 #E6C034 #EDD16B #F4E2A2 #FAF3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EDD16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#EDD16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD16B

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD16B	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)

#E3CD61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD66F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.126 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de98',
    500: '#edd16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd16b;
$custom-light: #f5de98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86395,
    "c": 0.12583,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD16B

secondary

#3957C3

accent

#38DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD16B

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

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