#EAD16F#EAD16F

#EAD16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.122 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD16F
RGB	rgb(234, 209, 111)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 52.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.09, -3.46, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.09, 51.38, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.17% -0.0113 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(86.17% 0.122 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6035, 64.2436, 24.2965)
Luminance	0.6424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD16F #6F88EA

analogous

#EA946F #EAD16F #C5EA6F

triadic

#EAD16F #6FEAD1 #D16FEA

tetradic

#EAD16F #6FEA94 #6F88EA #EA6FC5

square

#EAD16F #6FEA94 #6F88EA #EA6FC5

split-complementary

#EAD16F #6FC5EA #946FEA

monochromatic

#C2A11C #E2C03A #EAD16F #F2E2A4 #FAF3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EAD16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#EAD16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD16F

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD16F	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 209, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.122 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de9b',
    500: '#ead16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead16f;
$custom-light: #f3de9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 74.545,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86172,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD16F

secondary

#3D57C1

accent

#37D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD16F

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

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