#EAD699#EAD699

#EAD699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.081 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD699
RGB	rgb(234, 214, 153)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(45, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 34.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -1.81, 32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 32.73, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% -0.0029 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.081 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.7291, 67.8875, 39.8774)
Luminance	0.6788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD699 #99ADEA

analogous

#EAAD99 #EAD699 #D5EA99

triadic

#EAD699 #99EAD6 #D699EA

tetradic

#EAD699 #99EAAD #99ADEA #EA99D5

square

#EAD699 #99EAAD #99ADEA #EA99D5

split-complementary

#EAD699 #99D5EA #AD99EA

monochromatic

#D5AD33 #E0C266 #EAD699 #F4EACC #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EAD699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#EAD699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD699

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD699	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 214, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.081 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e2b7',
    500: '#ead699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead699;
$custom-light: #f2e2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.185,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8783,
    "c": 0.08141,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD699

secondary

#627BC5

accent

#45CE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD699

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

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