#EED16E#EED16E

#EED16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.123 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED16E
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 110)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 53.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.44, -1.91, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.44, 52.27, 92.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.52% -0.0072 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(86.52% 0.123 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.8772, 64.9067, 24.0704)
Luminance	0.6490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED16E #6E8BEE

analogous

#EE916E #EED16E #CBEE6E

triadic

#EED16E #6EEED1 #D16EEE

tetradic

#EED16E #6EEE91 #6E8BEE #EE6ECB

square

#EED16E #6EEE91 #6E8BEE #EE6ECB

split-complementary

#EED16E #6ECBEE #916EEE

monochromatic

#CAA218 #E8C037 #EED16E #F4E2A5 #FBF4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EED16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#EED16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED16E

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED16E	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)

#E3CE65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.123 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de9a',
    500: '#eed16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed16e;
$custom-light: #f6de9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86523,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED16E

secondary

#3A5AC6

accent

#3ADB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED16E

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

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