#EAD231#EAD231

#EAD231 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.167 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD231
RGB	rgb(234, 210, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 81%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 79.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.87, -7.50, 75.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.87, 76.16, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0294 0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.167 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.5356, 63.8102, 12.1912)
Luminance	0.6381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD231 #3149EA

analogous

#EA7531 #EAD231 #A6EA31

triadic

#EAD231 #31EAD2 #D231EA

tetradic

#EAD231 #31EA75 #3149EA #EA31A6

square

#EAD231 #31EA75 #3149EA #EA31A6

split-complementary

#EAD231 #31A6EA #7531EA

monochromatic

#92810F #C9B215 #EAD231 #F0DE69 #F5EAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#EAD231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#EAD231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD231

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD231	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 210, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.167 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5df77',
    500: '#ead231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead231;
$custom-light: #f5df77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.216,
    "s": 81.498,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85839,
    "c": 0.16667,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD231

secondary

#293796

accent

#4AF830

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150A

muted

#86847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD231

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

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