#EAD56F#EAD56F

#EAD56F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.125 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD56F
RGB	rgb(234, 213, 111)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 52.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.11, -5.50, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.11, 52.76, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% -0.0172 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.125 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.5972, 66.2310, 24.6278)
Luminance	0.6623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD56F #6F84EA

analogous

#EA976F #EAD56F #C1EA6F

triadic

#EAD56F #6FEAD5 #D56FEA

tetradic

#EAD56F #6FEA97 #6F84EA #EA6FC1

square

#EAD56F #6FEA97 #6F84EA #EA6FC1

split-complementary

#EAD56F #6FC1EA #976FEA

monochromatic

#C2A61C #E2C53A #EAD56F #F2E5A4 #FAF4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EAD56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#EAD56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD56F

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD56F	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D066

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 213, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.125 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e19b',
    500: '#ead56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead56f;
$custom-light: #f3e19b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 74.545,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86981,
    "c": 0.12493,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD56F

secondary

#3D53C1

accent

#31D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD56F

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

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