#EAD151#EAD151

#EAD151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.147 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD151
RGB	rgb(234, 209, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.80, -5.56, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.80, 64.60, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.0208 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.147 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.2200, 63.6902, 17.0098)
Luminance	0.6369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD151 #516AEA

analogous

#EA8551 #EAD151 #B7EA51

triadic

#EAD151 #51EAD1 #D151EA

tetradic

#EAD151 #51EA85 #516AEA #EA51B7

square

#EAD151 #51EA85 #516AEA #EA51B7

split-complementary

#EAD151 #51B7EA #8551EA

monochromatic

#AC9315 #E2C21B #EAD151 #F1DF88 #F7EEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#EAD151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#EAD151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD151

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD151	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 209, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.147 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de88',
    500: '#ead151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead151;
$custom-light: #f4de88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.196,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85851,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD151

secondary

#3246AD

accent

#2DDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD151

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

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