#EAD16D#EAD16D

#EAD16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.124 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD16D
RGB	rgb(234, 209, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 53.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.07, -3.63, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.07, 52.31, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% -0.012 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.124 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.4946, 64.2000, 23.7230)
Luminance	0.6420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD16D #6D86EA

analogous

#EA936D #EAD16D #C5EA6D

triadic

#EAD16D #6DEAD1 #D16DEA

tetradic

#EAD16D #6DEA93 #6D86EA #EA6DC5

square

#EAD16D #6DEA93 #6D86EA #EA6DC5

split-complementary

#EAD16D #6DC5EA #936DEA

monochromatic

#C1A01C #E2C037 #EAD16D #F2E2A3 #F9F3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EAD16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#EAD16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD16D

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD16D	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 209, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.124 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de99',
    500: '#ead16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead16d;
$custom-light: #f3de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 74.85,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86147,
    "c": 0.12351,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD16D

secondary

#3C56BF

accent

#37D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD16D

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

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