#EAD157#EAD157

#EAD157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.142 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD157
RGB	rgb(234, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -5.20, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 62.11, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.0191 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.142 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.4550, 63.7842, 18.2475)
Luminance	0.6378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD157 #5770EA

analogous

#EA8757 #EAD157 #B9EA57

triadic

#EAD157 #57EAD1 #D157EA

tetradic

#EAD157 #57EA87 #5770EA #EA57B9

square

#EAD157 #57EA87 #5770EA #EA57B9

split-complementary

#EAD157 #57B9EA #8757EA

monochromatic

#B19616 #E3C221 #EAD157 #F1E08D #F8EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#EAD157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#EAD157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD157

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD157	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.142 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de8b',
    500: '#ead157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead157;
$custom-light: #f4de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85906,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD157

secondary

#3449B1

accent

#2FDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD157

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

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