#EAD85B#EAD85B

#EAD85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.145 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD85B
RGB	rgb(234, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 61.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, -8.49, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 62.75, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.028 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.145 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.3782, 67.3619, 19.7173)
Luminance	0.6736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD85B #5B6DEA

analogous

#EA905B #EAD85B #B4EA5B

triadic

#EAD85B #5BEAD8 #D85BEA

tetradic

#EAD85B #5BEA90 #5B6DEA #EA5BB4

square

#EAD85B #5BEA90 #5B6DEA #EA5BB4

split-complementary

#EAD85B #5BB4EA #905BEA

monochromatic

#B4A017 #E3CB25 #EAD85B #F1E591 #F8F2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EAD85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#EAD85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD85B

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD85B	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.145 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e38e',
    500: '#ead85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead85b;
$custom-light: #f4e38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8737,
    "c": 0.14502,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD85B

secondary

#3645B4

accent

#26DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD85B

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

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