#EAD561#EAD561

#EAD561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.138 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD561
RGB	rgb(234, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.97, -6.57, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.97, 59.11, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% -0.0218 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.138 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.8859, 65.9465, 20.8814)
Luminance	0.6594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD561 #6176EA

analogous

#EA9161 #EAD561 #BAEA61

triadic

#EAD561 #61EAD5 #D561EA

tetradic

#EAD561 #61EA91 #6176EA #EA61BA

square

#EAD561 #61EA91 #6176EA #EA61BA

split-complementary

#EAD561 #61BAEA #9161EA

monochromatic

#B8A018 #E3C72B #EAD561 #F1E397 #F8F2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EAD561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#EAD561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD561

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD561	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.138 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e192',
    500: '#ead561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead561;
$custom-light: #f4e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86819,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD561

secondary

#384BB8

accent

#2CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD561

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

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