#EAD579#EAD579

#EAD579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.115 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD579
RGB	rgb(234, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 48.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -4.64, 47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 48.05, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.11% -0.0137 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(87.11% 0.115 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.1790, 66.4637, 27.6916)
Luminance	0.6646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD579 #798EEA

analogous

#EA9D79 #EAD579 #C6EA79

triadic

#EAD579 #79EAD5 #D579EA

tetradic

#EAD579 #79EA9D #798EEA #EA79C6

square

#EAD579 #79EA9D #798EEA #EA79C6

split-complementary

#EAD579 #79C6EA #9D79EA

monochromatic

#C9AA20 #E2C444 #EAD579 #F2E6AE #FBF6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EAD579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#EAD579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD579

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD579	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.115 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1a1',
    500: '#ead579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead579;
$custom-light: #f3e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87113,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD579

secondary

#455CC3

accent

#35D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD579

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

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