#EAD251#EAD251

#EAD251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.148 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD251
RGB	rgb(234, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.06, -6.06, 64.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.06, 64.91, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.05% -0.0222 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(86.05% 0.148 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.4661, 64.1824, 17.0918)
Luminance	0.6418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD251 #5169EA

analogous

#EA8651 #EAD251 #B6EA51

triadic

#EAD251 #51EAD2 #D251EA

tetradic

#EAD251 #51EA86 #5169EA #EA51B6

square

#EAD251 #51EA86 #5169EA #EA51B6

split-complementary

#EAD251 #51B6EA #8651EA

monochromatic

#AC9415 #E2C31B #EAD251 #F1E088 #F7EEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EAD251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#EAD251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD251

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD251	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)

#E5CD41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.148 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4df88',
    500: '#ead251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead251;
$custom-light: #f4df88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86054,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD251

secondary

#3246AD

accent

#2BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD251

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

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