#EED16F#EED16F
#EED16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.122 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EED16F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 209, 111) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 79%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 53%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 53.4%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.45, -1.83, 51.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.45, 51.80, 92.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.54% -0.0069 0.1221) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.54% 0.122 93.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.9319, 64.9286, 24.3588) |
| Luminance | 0.6493 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.51
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.82
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 2.87
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.95
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.53
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EED16F #6F8CEE
analogous
#EE916F #EED16F #CBEE6F
triadic
#EED16F #6FEED1 #D16FEE
tetradic
#EED16F #6FEE91 #6F8CEE #EE6FCB
square
#EED16F #6FEE91 #6F8CEE #EE6FCB
split-complementary
#EED16F #6FCBEE #916FEE
monochromatic
#CBA218 #E8C038 #EED16F #F4E2A6 #FBF4DC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.50
#EED16F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.99
#EED16F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EED16F
13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EED16F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EED16F | 1.00 | 1.50 | 13.99 | 13.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E3CE66
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD673
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC4BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eed16f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 111); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.122 93.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6de9b',
500: '#eed16f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eed16f; $custom-light: #f6de9b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eed16f",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 209,
"b": 111
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.299,
"s": 78.882,
"l": 68.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86536,
"c": 0.12232,
"h": 93.2
},
"luminance": 0.64926
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EED16F
secondary
#3B5BC6
accent
#3ADB0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F