#EAD165#EAD165

#EAD165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.131 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD165
RGB	rgb(234, 209, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 56.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.98, -4.24, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.98, 55.98, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.05% -0.0147 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(86.05% 0.131 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.0834, 64.0356, 21.5573)
Luminance	0.6403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD165 #657EEA

analogous

#EA8E65 #EAD165 #C0EA65

triadic

#EAD165 #65EAD1 #D165EA

tetradic

#EAD165 #65EA8E #657EEA #EA65C0

square

#EAD165 #65EA8E #657EEA #EA65C0

split-complementary

#EAD165 #65C0EA #8E65EA

monochromatic

#BB9D1A #E3C12F #EAD165 #F1E19B #F9F1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EAD165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#EAD165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD165

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD165	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 209, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.131 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de94',
    500: '#ead165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead165;
$custom-light: #f3de94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86052,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD165

secondary

#3951BA

accent

#33D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD165

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

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