#EAD657#EAD657

#EAD657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.146 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD657
RGB	rgb(234, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -7.73, 63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 63.75, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0263 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.146 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.7010, 66.2762, 18.6629)
Luminance	0.6627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD657 #576BEA

analogous

#EA8D57 #EAD657 #B4EA57

triadic

#EAD657 #57EAD6 #D657EA

tetradic

#EAD657 #57EA8D #576BEA #EA57B4

square

#EAD657 #57EA8D #576BEA #EA57B4

split-complementary

#EAD657 #57B4EA #8D57EA

monochromatic

#B19C16 #E3C921 #EAD657 #F1E38D #F8F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EAD657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#EAD657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD657

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD657	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)

#E9D048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.146 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e28c',
    500: '#ead657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead657;
$custom-light: #f4e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.837,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86924,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD657

secondary

#3445B1

accent

#28DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD657

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

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