#EAD259#EAD259

#EAD259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD259
RGB	rgb(234, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -5.58, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 61.58, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.13% -0.0199 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(86.13% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.7839, 64.3095, 18.7659)
Luminance	0.6431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD259 #5971EA

analogous

#EA8959 #EAD259 #B9EA59

triadic

#EAD259 #59EAD2 #D259EA

tetradic

#EAD259 #59EA89 #5971EA #EA59B9

square

#EAD259 #59EA89 #5971EA #EA59B9

split-complementary

#EAD259 #59B9EA #8959EA

monochromatic

#B29817 #E3C323 #EAD259 #F1E18F #F8EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EAD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#EAD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD259

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD259	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4df8d',
    500: '#ead259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead259;
$custom-light: #f4df8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86128,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD259

secondary

#354AB2

accent

#2EDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD259

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

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