#EED16C#EED16C

#EED16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.125 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED16C
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 108)
HSL	hsl(47, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 54.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -2.07, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 53.19, 92.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0079 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.125 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.7695, 64.8636, 23.5034)
Luminance	0.6486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED16C #6C89EE

analogous

#EE906C #EED16C #CAEE6C

triadic

#EED16C #6CEED1 #D16CEE

tetradic

#EED16C #6CEE90 #6C89EE #EE6CCA

square

#EED16C #6CEE90 #6C89EE #EE6CCA

split-complementary

#EED16C #6CCAEE #906CEE

monochromatic

#C8A117 #E8C035 #EED16C #F4E2A3 #FBF3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EED16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#EED16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED16C

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED16C	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)

#E3CE63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.125 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de99',
    500: '#eed16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed16c;
$custom-light: #f6de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86499,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED16C

secondary

#3958C6

accent

#39DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED16C

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

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