#EAD562#EAD562

#EAD562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD562
RGB	rgb(234, 213, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -6.50, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 58.67, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.0215 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.9328, 65.9653, 21.1285)
Luminance	0.6596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD562 #6277EA

analogous

#EA9162 #EAD562 #BBEA62

triadic

#EAD562 #62EAD5 #D562EA

tetradic

#EAD562 #62EA91 #6277EA #EA62BB

square

#EAD562 #62EA91 #6277EA #EA62BB

split-complementary

#EAD562 #62BBEA #9162EA

monochromatic

#B9A019 #E3C72C #EAD562 #F1E398 #F8F2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EAD562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#EAD562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD562

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD562	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)

#E7D056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 213, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e192',
    500: '#ead562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead562;
$custom-light: #f4e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.735,
    "s": 76.404,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8683,
    "c": 0.13667,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD562

secondary

#384CB8

accent

#2CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD562

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

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