#EAD261#EAD261

#EAD261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.135 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD261
RGB	rgb(234, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -5.04, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 58.10, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.0175 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.135 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.1383, 64.4513, 20.6322)
Luminance	0.6445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD261 #6179EA

analogous

#EA8E61 #EAD261 #BEEA61

triadic

#EAD261 #61EAD2 #D261EA

tetradic

#EAD261 #61EA8E #6179EA #EA61BE

square

#EAD261 #61EA8E #6179EA #EA61BE

split-complementary

#EAD261 #61BEEA #8E61EA

monochromatic

#B89C18 #E3C32B #EAD261 #F1E197 #F8F1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EAD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#EAD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD261

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD261	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.135 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4df92',
    500: '#ead261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead261;
$custom-light: #f4df92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8621,
    "c": 0.13506,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD261

secondary

#384EB8

accent

#30D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD261

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

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