#EAD461#EAD461

#EAD461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.137 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD461
RGB	rgb(234, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -6.06, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 58.77, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% -0.0204 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.137 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.6352, 65.4450, 20.7979)
Luminance	0.6544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD461 #6177EA

analogous

#EA9061 #EAD461 #BBEA61

triadic

#EAD461 #61EAD4 #D461EA

tetradic

#EAD461 #61EA90 #6177EA #EA61BB

square

#EAD461 #61EA90 #6177EA #EA61BB

split-complementary

#EAD461 #61BBEA #9061EA

monochromatic

#B89E18 #E3C52B #EAD461 #F1E397 #F8F1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EAD461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#EAD461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD461

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD461	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.137 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e092',
    500: '#ead461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead461;
$custom-light: #f4e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86616,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD461

secondary

#384CB8

accent

#2ED90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD461

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

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