#EAD557#EAD557

#EAD557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.146 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD557
RGB	rgb(234, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -7.23, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 63.41, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(86.72% -0.0249 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(86.72% 0.146 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.4487, 65.7716, 18.5788)
Luminance	0.6577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD557 #576CEA

analogous

#EA8C57 #EAD557 #B5EA57

triadic

#EAD557 #57EAD5 #D557EA

tetradic

#EAD557 #57EA8C #576CEA #EA57B5

square

#EAD557 #57EA8C #576CEA #EA57B5

split-complementary

#EAD557 #57B5EA #8C57EA

monochromatic

#B19A16 #E3C721 #EAD557 #F1E38D #F8F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EAD557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#EAD557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD557

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD557	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)

#E8CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.146 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e18c',
    500: '#ead557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead557;
$custom-light: #f4e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86719,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD557

secondary

#3446B1

accent

#29DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD557

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

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