#EED16B#EED16B

#EED16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.126 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED16B
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 107)
HSL	hsl(47, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 55%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -2.15, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 53.65, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.49% -0.0082 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(86.49% 0.126 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.7166, 64.8424, 23.2247)
Luminance	0.6484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED16B #6B88EE

analogous

#EE906B #EED16B #C9EE6B

triadic

#EED16B #6BEED1 #D16BEE

tetradic

#EED16B #6BEE90 #6B88EE #EE6BC9

square

#EED16B #6BEE90 #6B88EE #EE6BC9

split-complementary

#EED16B #6BC9EE #906BEE

monochromatic

#C8A117 #E8C034 #EED16B #F4E2A2 #FBF3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EED16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#EED16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED16B

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED16B	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.126 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de98',
    500: '#eed16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed16b;
$custom-light: #f6de98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86487,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED16B

secondary

#3857C5

accent

#38DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED16B

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

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