#EDD16E#EDD16E

#EDD16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.123 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD16E
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 110)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 53.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.35, -2.32, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.35, 52.16, 92.55°)
OKLab	oklab(86.43% -0.0083 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(86.43% 0.123 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.5423, 64.7340, 24.0547)
Luminance	0.6473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD16E #6E8AED

analogous

#ED926E #EDD16E #C9ED6E

triadic

#EDD16E #6EEDD1 #D16EED

tetradic

#EDD16E #6EED92 #6E8AED #ED6EC9

square

#EDD16E #6EED92 #6E8AED #ED6EC9

split-complementary

#EDD16E #6EC9ED #926EED

monochromatic

#C8A119 #E6C038 #EDD16E #F4E2A4 #FBF4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EDD16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#EDD16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD16E

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD16E	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.123 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de9a',
    500: '#edd16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd16e;
$custom-light: #f5de9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.772,
    "s": 77.914,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86432,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD16E

secondary

#3A59C5

accent

#39DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD16E

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

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