#EAD459#EAD459

#EAD459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.143 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD459
RGB	rgb(234, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.64, -6.59, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.64, 62.24, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.0228 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.143 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.2808, 65.3033, 18.9315)
Luminance	0.6530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD459 #596FEA

analogous

#EA8C59 #EAD459 #B7EA59

triadic

#EAD459 #59EAD4 #D459EA

tetradic

#EAD459 #59EA8C #596FEA #EA59B7

square

#EAD459 #59EA8C #596FEA #EA59B7

split-complementary

#EAD459 #59B7EA #8C59EA

monochromatic

#B29A17 #E3C623 #EAD459 #F1E28F #F8F0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EAD459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#EAD459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD459

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD459	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.143 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e08d',
    500: '#ead459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead459;
$custom-light: #f4e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86535,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD459

secondary

#3548B2

accent

#2BDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD459

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

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