#EAD172#EAD172

#EAD172 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.119 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD172
RGB	rgb(234, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 51.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -3.21, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 49.97, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.0103 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.119 95)
XYZ	xyz(59.7715, 64.3108, 25.1811)
Luminance	0.6431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD172 #728BEA

analogous

#EA9572 #EAD172 #C7EA72

triadic

#EAD172 #72EAD1 #D172EA

tetradic

#EAD172 #72EA95 #728BEA #EA72C7

square

#EAD172 #72EA95 #728BEA #EA72C7

split-complementary

#EAD172 #72C7EA #9572EA

monochromatic

#C4A21D #E2C03D #EAD172 #F2E2A7 #FAF4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EAD172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#EAD172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD172

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD172	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.119 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de9d',
    500: '#ead172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead172;
$custom-light: #f3de9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86211,
    "c": 0.11875,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.64308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD172

secondary

#3E5AC2

accent

#39D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD172

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

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