#EAD596#EAD596

#EAD596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.084 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD596
RGB	rgb(234, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(45, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 35.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -1.65, 33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 33.86, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% -0.0026 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.084 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.2321, 67.2850, 38.5047)
Luminance	0.6728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD596 #96ABEA

analogous

#EAAB96 #EAD596 #D5EA96

triadic

#EAD596 #96EAD5 #D596EA

tetradic

#EAD596 #96EAAB #96ABEA #EA96D5

square

#EAD596 #96EAAB #96ABEA #EA96D5

split-complementary

#EAD596 #96D5EA #AB96EA

monochromatic

#D6AC30 #E0C163 #EAD596 #F4E9C9 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EAD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#EAD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD596

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD596	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.084 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e1b5',
    500: '#ead596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead596;
$custom-light: #f2e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87576,
    "c": 0.08398,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD596

secondary

#5F79C5

accent

#45CF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD596

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

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