#EDD16D#EDD16D

#EDD16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.124 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD16D
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 109)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 54%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.34, -2.40, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.34, 52.62, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.0087 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.124 94)
XYZ	xyz(60.4881, 64.7123, 23.7696)
Luminance	0.6471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD16D #6D89ED

analogous

#ED916D #EDD16D #C9ED6D

triadic

#EDD16D #6DEDD1 #D16DED

tetradic

#EDD16D #6DED91 #6D89ED #ED6DC9

square

#EDD16D #6DED91 #6D89ED #ED6DC9

split-complementary

#EDD16D #6DC9ED #916DED

monochromatic

#C7A119 #E6C037 #EDD16D #F4E2A3 #FAF3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EDD16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#EDD16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD16D

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD16D	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)

#E3CD64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.124 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de99',
    500: '#edd16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd16d;
$custom-light: #f5de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8642,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.6471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD16D

secondary

#3A58C5

accent

#39DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD16D

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

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