#EAD651#EAD651

#EAD651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.151 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD651
RGB	rgb(234, 214, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -8.09, 65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 66.20, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.028 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.151 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.4660, 66.1822, 17.4251)
Luminance	0.6618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD651 #5165EA

analogous

#EA8A51 #EAD651 #B2EA51

triadic

#EAD651 #51EAD6 #D651EA

tetradic

#EAD651 #51EA8A #5165EA #EA51B2

square

#EAD651 #51EA8A #5165EA #EA51B2

split-complementary

#EAD651 #51B2EA #8A51EA

monochromatic

#AC9815 #E2C81B #EAD651 #F1E388 #F7F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EAD651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#EAD651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD651

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD651	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)

#E9D040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 214, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.151 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e288',
    500: '#ead651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead651;
$custom-light: #f4e288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.157,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8687,
    "c": 0.15095,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD651

secondary

#3242AD

accent

#26DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD651

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

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