#EAD051#EAD051

#EAD051 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.146 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD051
RGB	rgb(234, 208, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.55, -5.05, 64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.55, 64.29, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0193 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.146 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.9754, 63.2010, 16.9282)
Luminance	0.6320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD051 #516BEA

analogous

#EA8451 #EAD051 #B8EA51

triadic

#EAD051 #51EAD0 #D051EA

tetradic

#EAD051 #51EA84 #516BEA #EA51B8

square

#EAD051 #51EA84 #516BEA #EA51B8

split-complementary

#EAD051 #51B8EA #8451EA

monochromatic

#AC9215 #E2C11B #EAD051 #F1DF88 #F7EEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#EAD051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#EAD051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD051

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD051	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 208, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.146 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de88',
    500: '#ead051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead051;
$custom-light: #f4de88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.804,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85648,
    "c": 0.1462,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD051

secondary

#3247AD

accent

#2EDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD051

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

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