#EAD155#EAD155

#EAD155 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.144 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD155
RGB	rgb(234, 209, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 63.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -5.32, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 62.95, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.0196 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.144 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.3744, 63.7520, 17.8231)
Luminance	0.6375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD155 #556EEA

analogous

#EA8755 #EAD155 #B8EA55

triadic

#EAD155 #55EAD1 #D155EA

tetradic

#EAD155 #55EA87 #556EEA #EA55B8

square

#EAD155 #55EA87 #556EEA #EA55B8

split-complementary

#EAD155 #55B8EA #8755EA

monochromatic

#AF9516 #E3C21F #EAD155 #F1E08B #F7EEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#EAD155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#EAD155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD155

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD155	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 209, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.144 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de8a',
    500: '#ead155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead155;
$custom-light: #f4de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.933,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85887,
    "c": 0.14398,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD155

secondary

#3448B0

accent

#2EDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD155

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

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