#EAD156#EAD156

#EAD156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.143 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD156
RGB	rgb(234, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -5.26, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 62.53, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0194 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.143 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.4144, 63.7680, 18.0338)
Luminance	0.6377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD156 #566FEA

analogous

#EA8756 #EAD156 #B9EA56

triadic

#EAD156 #56EAD1 #D156EA

tetradic

#EAD156 #56EA87 #566FEA #EA56B9

square

#EAD156 #56EA87 #566FEA #EA56B9

split-complementary

#EAD156 #56B9EA #8756EA

monochromatic

#B09616 #E3C220 #EAD156 #F1E08C #F8EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#EAD156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#EAD156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD156

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD156	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)

#E4CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.143 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de8b',
    500: '#ead156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead156;
$custom-light: #f4de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.865,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85896,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD156

secondary

#3449B0

accent

#2EDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD156

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

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