#EAD65E#EAD65E

#EAD65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.141 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD65E
RGB	rgb(234, 214, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 59.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, -7.28, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 60.77, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0242 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.141 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.0010, 66.3962, 20.2427)
Luminance	0.6639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD65E #5E72EA

analogous

#EA905E #EAD65E #B8EA5E

triadic

#EAD65E #5EEAD6 #D65EEA

tetradic

#EAD65E #5EEA90 #5E72EA #EA5EB8

square

#EAD65E #5EEA90 #5E72EA #EA5EB8

split-complementary

#EAD65E #5EB8EA #905EEA

monochromatic

#B69F18 #E3C828 #EAD65E #F1E494 #F8F2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EAD65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#EAD65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD65E

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD65E	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 214, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.141 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e290',
    500: '#ead65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead65e;
$custom-light: #f4e290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86992,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD65E

secondary

#3749B6

accent

#2AD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD65E

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

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