#EAD85F#EAD85F

#EAD85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.142 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD85F
RGB	rgb(234, 216, 95)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 59.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.72, -8.22, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.72, 61.03, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.0268 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.142 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.5554, 67.4328, 20.6503)
Luminance	0.6743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD85F #5F71EA

analogous

#EA935F #EAD85F #B7EA5F

triadic

#EAD85F #5FEAD8 #D85FEA

tetradic

#EAD85F #5FEA93 #5F71EA #EA5FB7

square

#EAD85F #5FEA93 #5F71EA #EA5FB7

split-complementary

#EAD85F #5FB7EA #935FEA

monochromatic

#B7A218 #E3CB29 #EAD85F #F1E595 #F8F2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EAD85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#EAD85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD85F

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD85F	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 216, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.142 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e391',
    500: '#ead85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead85f;
$custom-light: #f4e391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8741,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD85F

secondary

#3747B6

accent

#27D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD85F

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

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