#EAD255#EAD255

#EAD255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.145 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD255
RGB	rgb(234, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 63.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.09, -5.83, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.09, 63.27, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.09% -0.0211 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(86.09% 0.145 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.6205, 64.2442, 17.9052)
Luminance	0.6424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD255 #556DEA

analogous

#EA8855 #EAD255 #B7EA55

triadic

#EAD255 #55EAD2 #D255EA

tetradic

#EAD255 #55EA88 #556DEA #EA55B7

square

#EAD255 #55EA88 #556DEA #EA55B7

split-complementary

#EAD255 #55B7EA #8855EA

monochromatic

#AF9616 #E3C41F #EAD255 #F1E08B #F7EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EAD255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#EAD255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD255

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD255	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)

#E5CD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.145 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4df8a',
    500: '#ead255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead255;
$custom-light: #f4df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.336,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8609,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD255

secondary

#3448B0

accent

#2DDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD255

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

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