#EAD460#EAD460

#EAD460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.138 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD460
RGB	rgb(234, 212, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 59%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.70, -6.13, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.70, 59.21, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(86.61% -0.0207 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(86.61% 0.138 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.5888, 65.4265, 20.5538)
Luminance	0.6542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD460 #6076EA

analogous

#EA8F60 #EAD460 #BBEA60

triadic

#EAD460 #60EAD4 #D460EA

tetradic

#EAD460 #60EA8F #6076EA #EA60BB

square

#EAD460 #60EA8F #6076EA #EA60BB

split-complementary

#EAD460 #60BBEA #8F60EA

monochromatic

#B79E18 #E3C52A #EAD460 #F1E396 #F8F1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EAD460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#EAD460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD460

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD460	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 212, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.138 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e091',
    500: '#ead460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead460;
$custom-light: #f4e091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86605,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD460

secondary

#374CB7

accent

#2DD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD460

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

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