#EAD556#EAD556

#EAD556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.146 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD556
RGB	rgb(234, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.87, -7.29, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.87, 63.83, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% -0.0252 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.146 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.4081, 65.7554, 18.3651)
Luminance	0.6575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD556 #566BEA

analogous

#EA8B56 #EAD556 #B5EA56

triadic

#EAD556 #56EAD5 #D556EA

tetradic

#EAD556 #56EA8B #566BEA #EA56B5

square

#EAD556 #56EA8B #566BEA #EA56B5

split-complementary

#EAD556 #56B5EA #8B56EA

monochromatic

#B09A16 #E3C720 #EAD556 #F1E38C #F8F0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EAD556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#EAD556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD556

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD556	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.146 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e18b',
    500: '#ead556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead556;
$custom-light: #f4e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.486,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8671,
    "c": 0.14641,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD556

secondary

#3446B0

accent

#29DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD556

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

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