#EAD551#EAD551

#EAD551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.150 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD551
RGB	rgb(234, 213, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -7.58, 65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 65.88, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0266 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.15 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.2137, 65.6776, 17.3410)
Luminance	0.6567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD551 #5166EA

analogous

#EA8951 #EAD551 #B2EA51

triadic

#EAD551 #51EAD5 #D551EA

tetradic

#EAD551 #51EA89 #5166EA #EA51B2

square

#EAD551 #51EA89 #5166EA #EA51B2

split-complementary

#EAD551 #51B2EA #8951EA

monochromatic

#AC9715 #E2C71B #EAD551 #F1E288 #F7EFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EAD551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#EAD551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD551

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD551	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 213, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.150 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e188',
    500: '#ead551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead551;
$custom-light: #f4e188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86666,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD551

secondary

#3243AD

accent

#27DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD551

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

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