#EAD357#EAD357

#EAD357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.144 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD357
RGB	rgb(234, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.37, -6.21, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.37, 62.76, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.022 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.144 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.9487, 64.7717, 18.4121)
Luminance	0.6477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD357 #576EEA

analogous

#EA8957 #EAD357 #B8EA57

triadic

#EAD357 #57EAD3 #D357EA

tetradic

#EAD357 #57EA89 #576EEA #EA57B8

square

#EAD357 #57EA89 #576EEA #EA57B8

split-complementary

#EAD357 #57B8EA #8957EA

monochromatic

#B19816 #E3C521 #EAD357 #F1E18D #F8EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EAD357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#EAD357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD357

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD357	1.00	1.50	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.144 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e08b',
    500: '#ead357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead357;
$custom-light: #f4e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86312,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD357

secondary

#3448B1

accent

#2CDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD357

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

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