#EAD174#EAD174

#EAD174 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.117 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD174
RGB	rgb(234, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 50.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, -3.04, 48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 49.03, 93.55°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.0096 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.117 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.8866, 64.3568, 25.7872)
Luminance	0.6435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD174 #748DEA

analogous

#EA9674 #EAD174 #C8EA74

triadic

#EAD174 #74EAD1 #D174EA

tetradic

#EAD174 #74EA96 #748DEA #EA74C8

square

#EAD174 #74EA96 #748DEA #EA74C8

split-complementary

#EAD174 #74C8EA #9674EA

monochromatic

#C6A21E #E2BF3F #EAD174 #F2E3A9 #FAF4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EAD174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#EAD174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD174

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD174	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.117 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de9e',
    500: '#ead174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead174;
$custom-light: #f3de9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.288,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86238,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD174

secondary

#405CC2

accent

#3AD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD174

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

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