#EAD559#EAD559

#EAD559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.144 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD559
RGB	rgb(234, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -7.10, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 62.57, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.74% -0.0243 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(86.74% 0.144 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.5315, 65.8048, 19.0151)
Luminance	0.6580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD559 #596EEA

analogous

#EA8C59 #EAD559 #B7EA59

triadic

#EAD559 #59EAD5 #D559EA

tetradic

#EAD559 #59EA8C #596EEA #EA59B7

square

#EAD559 #59EA8C #596EEA #EA59B7

split-complementary

#EAD559 #59B7EA #8C59EA

monochromatic

#B29C17 #E3C723 #EAD559 #F1E38F #F8F0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EAD559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#EAD559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD559

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD559	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.144 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e18d',
    500: '#ead559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead559;
$custom-light: #f4e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86738,
    "c": 0.14407,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD559

secondary

#3547B2

accent

#2ADA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD559

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

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