#EAD55B#EAD55B

#EAD55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.142 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD55B
RGB	rgb(234, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 61.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.91, -6.97, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.91, 61.72, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.76% -0.0237 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(86.76% 0.142 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.6167, 65.8388, 19.4634)
Luminance	0.6584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD55B #5B70EA

analogous

#EA8D5B #EAD55B #B7EA5B

triadic

#EAD55B #5BEAD5 #D55BEA

tetradic

#EAD55B #5BEA8D #5B70EA #EA5BB7

square

#EAD55B #5BEA8D #5B70EA #EA5BB7

split-complementary

#EAD55B #5BB7EA #8D5BEA

monochromatic

#B49D17 #E3C725 #EAD55B #F1E391 #F8F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EAD55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#EAD55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD55B

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD55B	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.142 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e18e',
    500: '#ead55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead55b;
$custom-light: #f4e18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86758,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD55B

secondary

#3648B4

accent

#2ADA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD55B

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

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