#EED169#EED169

#EED169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.128 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED169
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 105)
HSL	hsl(47, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 55.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -2.30, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 54.57, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% -0.0089 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.128 94)
XYZ	xyz(60.6126, 64.8008, 22.6770)
Luminance	0.6480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED169 #6986EE

analogous

#EE8E69 #EED169 #C9EE69

triadic

#EED169 #69EED1 #D169EE

tetradic

#EED169 #69EE8E #6986EE #EE69C9

square

#EED169 #69EE8E #6986EE #EE69C9

split-complementary

#EED169 #69C9EE #8E69EE

monochromatic

#C6A016 #E8C032 #EED169 #F4E2A0 #FAF3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EED169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#EED169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED169

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED169	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.128 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de97',
    500: '#eed169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed169;
$custom-light: #f6de97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 79.641,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86463,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.64798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED169

secondary

#3856C4

accent

#37DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED169

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

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