#EAD55C#EAD55C

#EAD55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.142 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD55C
RGB	rgb(234, 213, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 60.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -6.91, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 61.29, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.0234 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.142 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.6601, 65.8562, 19.6921)
Luminance	0.6585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD55C #5C71EA

analogous

#EA8E5C #EAD55C #B8EA5C

triadic

#EAD55C #5CEAD5 #D55CEA

tetradic

#EAD55C #5CEA8E #5C71EA #EA5CB8

square

#EAD55C #5CEA8E #5C71EA #EA5CB8

split-complementary

#EAD55C #5CB8EA #8E5CEA

monochromatic

#B49D17 #E3C726 #EAD55C #F1E392 #F8F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EAD55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#EAD55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD55C

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD55C	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)

#E8D04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 213, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.142 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e18f',
    500: '#ead55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead55c;
$custom-light: #f4e18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.127,
    "s": 77.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86768,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD55C

secondary

#3649B4

accent

#2AD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD55C

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

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