#EAD856#EAD856

#EAD856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.149 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD856
RGB	rgb(234, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -8.80, 64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 64.84, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.0295 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.149 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.1697, 67.2785, 18.6189)
Luminance	0.6728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD856 #5668EA

analogous

#EA8E56 #EAD856 #B2EA56

triadic

#EAD856 #56EAD8 #D856EA

tetradic

#EAD856 #56EA8E #5668EA #EA56B2

square

#EAD856 #56EA8E #5668EA #EA56B2

split-complementary

#EAD856 #56B2EA #8E56EA

monochromatic

#B09D16 #E3CB20 #EAD856 #F1E58C #F8F1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EAD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#EAD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD856

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD856	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.149 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e38b',
    500: '#ead856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead856;
$custom-light: #f4e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.703,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87323,
    "c": 0.14893,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD856

secondary

#3443B0

accent

#25DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD856

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

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