#EAD059#EAD059

#EAD059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.140 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD059
RGB	rgb(234, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.61, -4.56, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.61, 60.94, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(85.72% -0.017 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(85.72% 0.14 97)
XYZ	xyz(58.2932, 63.3282, 18.6023)
Luminance	0.6332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD059 #5973EA

analogous

#EA8759 #EAD059 #BCEA59

triadic

#EAD059 #59EAD0 #D059EA

tetradic

#EAD059 #59EA87 #5973EA #EA59BC

square

#EAD059 #59EA87 #5973EA #EA59BC

split-complementary

#EAD059 #59BCEA #8759EA

monochromatic

#B29617 #E3C123 #EAD059 #F1DF8F #F8EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#EAD059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#EAD059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD059

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD059	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.140 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de8c',
    500: '#ead059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead059;
$custom-light: #f4de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.241,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85723,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.63325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD059

secondary

#354BB2

accent

#31DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD059

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

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