#EAD56D#EAD56D

#EAD56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.127 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD56D
RGB	rgb(234, 213, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 53.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -5.66, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 53.69, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0179 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.127 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.4883, 66.1875, 24.0543)
Luminance	0.6619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD56D #6D82EA

analogous

#EA976D #EAD56D #C1EA6D

triadic

#EAD56D #6DEAD5 #D56DEA

tetradic

#EAD56D #6DEA97 #6D82EA #EA6DC1

square

#EAD56D #6DEA97 #6D82EA #EA6DC1

split-complementary

#EAD56D #6DC1EA #976DEA

monochromatic

#C1A51C #E2C637 #EAD56D #F2E4A3 #F9F4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EAD56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#EAD56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD56D

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD56D	1.00	1.48	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 213, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.127 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e199',
    500: '#ead56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead56d;
$custom-light: #f3e199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 74.85,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86956,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD56D

secondary

#3C52BF

accent

#30D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD56D

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

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