#EAD162#EAD162

#EAD162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.133 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD162
RGB	rgb(234, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 58.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.95, -4.46, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.95, 57.33, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.0157 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.133 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.9391, 63.9778, 20.7973)
Luminance	0.6398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD162 #627BEA

analogous

#EA8D62 #EAD162 #BFEA62

triadic

#EAD162 #62EAD1 #D162EA

tetradic

#EAD162 #62EA8D #627BEA #EA62BF

square

#EAD162 #62EA8D #627BEA #EA62BF

split-complementary

#EAD162 #62BFEA #8D62EA

monochromatic

#B99B19 #E3C12C #EAD162 #F1E198 #F8F1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EAD162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#EAD162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD162

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD162	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.133 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de92',
    500: '#ead162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead162;
$custom-light: #f4de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 76.404,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86018,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD162

secondary

#384FB8

accent

#32D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD162

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

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