#EAD572#EAD572

#EAD572 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.122 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD572
RGB	rgb(234, 213, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 51.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -5.25, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 51.36, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.0162 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.122 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.7652, 66.2982, 25.5124)
Luminance	0.6630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD572 #7287EA

analogous

#EA9972 #EAD572 #C3EA72

triadic

#EAD572 #72EAD5 #D572EA

tetradic

#EAD572 #72EA99 #7287EA #EA72C3

square

#EAD572 #72EA99 #7287EA #EA72C3

split-complementary

#EAD572 #72C3EA #9972EA

monochromatic

#C4A71D #E2C53D #EAD572 #F2E5A7 #FAF5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EAD572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#EAD572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD572

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD572	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 213, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.122 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e19d',
    500: '#ead572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead572;
$custom-light: #f3e19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87019,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD572

secondary

#3E55C2

accent

#32D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD572

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

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