#EAD66C#EAD66C
#EAD66C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EAD66C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(234, 214, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 75%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 54%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 53.8%, 8.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.34, -6.25, 54.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.34, 54.51, 96.58°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.15% -0.0197 0.1271) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.15% 0.129 98.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.6871, 66.6707, 23.8565) |
| Luminance | 0.6667 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.04
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.03
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.72
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.75
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.91
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.94
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EAD66C #6C80EA
analogous
#EA976C #EAD66C #BFEA6C
triadic
#EAD66C #6CEAD6 #D66CEA
tetradic
#EAD66C #6CEA97 #6C80EA #EA6CBF
square
#EAD66C #6CEA97 #6C80EA #EA6CBF
split-complementary
#EAD66C #6CBFEA #976CEA
monochromatic
#C0A61B #E2C736 #EAD66C #F2E5A2 #F9F4D7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.47
#EAD66C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.33
#EAD66C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EAD66C
14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EAD66C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EAD66C | 1.00 | 1.47 | 14.33 | 14.33 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7D162
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD871
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAC9BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ead66c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 214, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.129 98.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3e299',
500: '#ead66c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ead66c; $custom-light: #f3e299; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ead66c",
"rgb": {
"r": 234,
"g": 214,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.476,
"s": 75,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87147,
"c": 0.1286,
"h": 98.8
},
"luminance": 0.66668
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EAD66C
secondary
#3B50BF
accent
#2ED70E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F