#EDD16C#EDD16C

#EDD16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.125 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD16C
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 108)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 54.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.32, -2.48, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.32, 53.08, 92.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.41% -0.009 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(86.41% 0.125 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.4346, 64.6909, 23.4877)
Luminance	0.6469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD16C #6C88ED

analogous

#ED916C #EDD16C #C8ED6C

triadic

#EDD16C #6CEDD1 #D16CED

tetradic

#EDD16C #6CED91 #6C88ED #ED6CC8

square

#EDD16C #6CED91 #6C88ED #ED6CC8

split-complementary

#EDD16C #6CC8ED #916CED

monochromatic

#C6A118 #E6C035 #EDD16C #F4E2A3 #FAF3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EDD16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#EDD16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD16C

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD16C	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.125 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de99',
    500: '#edd16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd16c;
$custom-light: #f5de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.977,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86407,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD16C

secondary

#3957C4

accent

#38DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD16C

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

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