#EED16D#EED16D

#EED16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.124 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED16D
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 109)
HSL	hsl(47, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.42, -1.99, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.42, 52.73, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% -0.0075 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.124 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.8230, 64.8850, 23.7853)
Luminance	0.6488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED16D #6D8AEE

analogous

#EE916D #EED16D #CAEE6D

triadic

#EED16D #6DEED1 #D16DEE

tetradic

#EED16D #6DEE91 #6D8AEE #EE6DCA

square

#EED16D #6DEE91 #6D8AEE #EE6DCA

split-complementary

#EED16D #6DCAEE #916DEE

monochromatic

#C9A117 #E8C036 #EED16D #F4E2A4 #FBF4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EED16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#EED16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED16D

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED16D	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.124 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de99',
    500: '#eed16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed16d;
$custom-light: #f6de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.512,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86511,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED16D

secondary

#3959C6

accent

#39DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED16D

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

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