#EAD661#EAD661

#EAD661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD661
RGB	rgb(234, 214, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -7.07, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 59.46, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.0233 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.1382, 66.4511, 20.9655)
Luminance	0.6645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD661 #6175EA

analogous

#EA9261 #EAD661 #B9EA61

triadic

#EAD661 #61EAD6 #D661EA

tetradic

#EAD661 #61EA92 #6175EA #EA61B9

square

#EAD661 #61EA92 #6175EA #EA61B9

split-complementary

#EAD661 #61B9EA #9261EA

monochromatic

#B8A118 #E3C82B #EAD661 #F1E497 #F8F2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EAD661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#EAD661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD661

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD661	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 214, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e292',
    500: '#ead661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead661;
$custom-light: #f4e292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87023,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD661

secondary

#384AB8

accent

#2BD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD661

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

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