#EAD257#EAD257

#EAD257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.143 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD257
RGB	rgb(234, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.11, -5.71, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.11, 62.43, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0205 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.143 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.7011, 64.2764, 18.3296)
Luminance	0.6427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD257 #576FEA

analogous

#EA8857 #EAD257 #B8EA57

triadic

#EAD257 #57EAD2 #D257EA

tetradic

#EAD257 #57EA88 #576FEA #EA57B8

square

#EAD257 #57EA88 #576FEA #EA57B8

split-complementary

#EAD257 #57B8EA #8857EA

monochromatic

#B19716 #E3C321 #EAD257 #F1E18D #F8EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EAD257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#EAD257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD257

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD257	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)

#E5CD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.143 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4df8b',
    500: '#ead257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead257;
$custom-light: #f4df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86109,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD257

secondary

#3449B1

accent

#2DDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD257

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

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