#EAD161#EAD161

#EAD161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.134 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD161
RGB	rgb(234, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.94, -4.53, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.94, 57.77, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.016 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.134 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.8922, 63.9591, 20.5502)
Luminance	0.6396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD161 #617AEA

analogous

#EA8D61 #EAD161 #BFEA61

triadic

#EAD161 #61EAD1 #D161EA

tetradic

#EAD161 #61EA8D #617AEA #EA61BF

square

#EAD161 #61EA8D #617AEA #EA61BF

split-complementary

#EAD161 #61BFEA #8D61EA

monochromatic

#B89B18 #E3C12B #EAD161 #F1E197 #F8F0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EAD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#EAD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD161

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD161	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.134 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de92',
    500: '#ead161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead161;
$custom-light: #f4de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86007,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD161

secondary

#384FB8

accent

#32D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD161

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

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