#EED16A#EED16A

#EED16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.127 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED16A
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 106)
HSL	hsl(47, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 55.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -2.23, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 54.11, 92.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0086 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.127 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.6643, 64.8215, 22.9493)
Luminance	0.6482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED16A #6A87EE

analogous

#EE8F6A #EED16A #C9EE6A

triadic

#EED16A #6AEED1 #D16AEE

tetradic

#EED16A #6AEE8F #6A87EE #EE6AC9

square

#EED16A #6AEE8F #6A87EE #EE6AC9

split-complementary

#EED16A #6AC9EE #8F6AEE

monochromatic

#C7A017 #E8C033 #EED16A #F4E2A1 #FBF3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EED16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#EED16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED16A

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED16A	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)

#E3CD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.127 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de97',
    500: '#eed16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed16a;
$custom-light: #f6de97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86475,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED16A

secondary

#3857C4

accent

#38DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED16A

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

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