#EAD851#EAD851

#EAD851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.153 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD851
RGB	rgb(234, 216, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.61, -9.09, 66.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.61, 66.87, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0309 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.153 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.9752, 67.2007, 17.5949)
Luminance	0.6720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD851 #5163EA

analogous

#EA8C51 #EAD851 #B0EA51

triadic

#EAD851 #51EAD8 #D851EA

tetradic

#EAD851 #51EA8C #5163EA #EA51B0

square

#EAD851 #51EA8C #5163EA #EA51B0

split-complementary

#EAD851 #51B0EA #8C51EA

monochromatic

#AC9A15 #E2CB1B #EAD851 #F1E488 #F7F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EAD851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#EAD851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD851

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD851	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 216, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.153 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e388',
    500: '#ead851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead851;
$custom-light: #f4e388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8728,
    "c": 0.15262,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD851

secondary

#3241AD

accent

#23DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD851

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

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