#EAD55D#EAD55D

#EAD55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.141 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD55D
RGB	rgb(234, 213, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 60.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -6.84, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 60.86, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0231 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.141 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.7041, 65.8738, 19.9238)
Luminance	0.6587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD55D #5D72EA

analogous

#EA8F5D #EAD55D #B9EA5D

triadic

#EAD55D #5DEAD5 #D55DEA

tetradic

#EAD55D #5DEA8F #5D72EA #EA5DB9

square

#EAD55D #5DEA8F #5D72EA #EA5DB9

split-complementary

#EAD55D #5DB9EA #8F5DEA

monochromatic

#B59E17 #E3C727 #EAD55D #F1E393 #F8F1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EAD55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#EAD55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD55D

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD55D	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)

#E8D050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 213, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.141 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e18f',
    500: '#ead55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead55d;
$custom-light: #f4e18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 77.049,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86778,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD55D

secondary

#3649B5

accent

#2BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD55D

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

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