#EAD457#EAD457

#EAD457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.145 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD457
RGB	rgb(234, 212, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -6.72, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 63.08, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.52% -0.0234 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(86.52% 0.145 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.1979, 65.2701, 18.4952)
Luminance	0.6527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD457 #576DEA

analogous

#EA8A57 #EAD457 #B7EA57

triadic

#EAD457 #57EAD4 #D457EA

tetradic

#EAD457 #57EA8A #576DEA #EA57B7

square

#EAD457 #57EA8A #576DEA #EA57B7

split-complementary

#EAD457 #57B7EA #8A57EA

monochromatic

#B19916 #E3C621 #EAD457 #F1E28D #F8F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EAD457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#EAD457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD457

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD457	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 212, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.145 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e08c',
    500: '#ead457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead457;
$custom-light: #f4e08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.02,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86516,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD457

secondary

#3447B1

accent

#2ADA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD457

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

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