#EAD55E#EAD55E

#EAD55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.140 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD55E
RGB	rgb(234, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 59.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.94, -6.77, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.94, 60.43, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.79% -0.0228 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(86.79% 0.14 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.7487, 65.8916, 20.1586)
Luminance	0.6589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD55E #5E73EA

analogous

#EA8F5E #EAD55E #B9EA5E

triadic

#EAD55E #5EEAD5 #D55EEA

tetradic

#EAD55E #5EEA8F #5E73EA #EA5EB9

square

#EAD55E #5EEA8F #5E73EA #EA5EB9

split-complementary

#EAD55E #5EB9EA #8F5EEA

monochromatic

#B69E18 #E3C728 #EAD55E #F1E394 #F8F1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EAD55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#EAD55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD55E

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD55E	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.140 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e190',
    500: '#ead55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead55e;
$custom-light: #f4e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86788,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD55E

secondary

#374AB6

accent

#2BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD55E

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

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