#EAD159#EAD159

#EAD159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.141 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD159
RGB	rgb(234, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.87, -5.07, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.87, 61.26, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0185 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.141 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.5378, 63.8173, 18.6838)
Luminance	0.6381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD159 #5972EA

analogous

#EA8859 #EAD159 #BAEA59

triadic

#EAD159 #59EAD1 #D159EA

tetradic

#EAD159 #59EA88 #5972EA #EA59BA

square

#EAD159 #59EA88 #5972EA #EA59BA

split-complementary

#EAD159 #59BAEA #8859EA

monochromatic

#B29717 #E3C223 #EAD159 #F1E08F #F8EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#EAD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#EAD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD159

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD159	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)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.141 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de8d',
    500: '#ead159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead159;
$custom-light: #f4de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85925,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD159

secondary

#354AB2

accent

#2FDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD159

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

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