#EAD65F#EAD65F

#EAD65F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.140 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD65F
RGB	rgb(234, 214, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 59.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.21, -7.21, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.21, 60.33, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.0239 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.14 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.0461, 66.4143, 20.4806)
Luminance	0.6641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD65F #5F73EA

analogous

#EA915F #EAD65F #B9EA5F

triadic

#EAD65F #5FEAD6 #D65FEA

tetradic

#EAD65F #5FEA91 #5F73EA #EA5FB9

square

#EAD65F #5FEA91 #5F73EA #EA5FB9

split-complementary

#EAD65F #5FB9EA #915FEA

monochromatic

#B7A018 #E3C829 #EAD65F #F1E495 #F8F2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EAD65F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#EAD65F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD65F

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD65F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD65F	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)

#E8D152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead65f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 214, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.140 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e291',
    500: '#ead65f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead65f;
$custom-light: #f4e291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead65f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87002,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD65F

secondary

#3749B6

accent

#2AD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD65F

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

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