#EAD857#EAD857

#EAD857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.148 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD857
RGB	rgb(234, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -8.74, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 64.43, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.0292 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.148 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.2103, 67.2948, 18.8326)
Luminance	0.6729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD857 #5769EA

analogous

#EA8E57 #EAD857 #B2EA57

triadic

#EAD857 #57EAD8 #D857EA

tetradic

#EAD857 #57EA8E #5769EA #EA57B2

square

#EAD857 #57EA8E #5769EA #EA57B2

split-complementary

#EAD857 #57B2EA #8E57EA

monochromatic

#B19E16 #E3CB21 #EAD857 #F1E58D #F8F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EAD857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#EAD857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD857

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD857	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)

#EBD248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.148 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e38c',
    500: '#ead857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead857;
$custom-light: #f4e38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87333,
    "c": 0.14816,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD857

secondary

#3443B1

accent

#25DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD857

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

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