#EAD55F#EAD55F

#EAD55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.139 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD55F
RGB	rgb(234, 213, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 59.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -6.70, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 59.99, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.0225 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.139 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.7938, 65.9097, 20.3965)
Luminance	0.6591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD55F #5F74EA

analogous

#EA8F5F #EAD55F #BAEA5F

triadic

#EAD55F #5FEAD5 #D55FEA

tetradic

#EAD55F #5FEA8F #5F74EA #EA5FBA

square

#EAD55F #5FEA8F #5F74EA #EA5FBA

split-complementary

#EAD55F #5FBAEA #8F5FEA

monochromatic

#B79F18 #E3C729 #EAD55F #F1E395 #F8F1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EAD55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#EAD55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD55F

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD55F	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)

#E7D052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 213, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.139 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e190',
    500: '#ead55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead55f;
$custom-light: #f4e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86798,
    "c": 0.13921,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD55F

secondary

#374AB6

accent

#2BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD55F

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

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