#EAD861#EAD861

#EAD861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD861
RGB	rgb(234, 216, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -8.08, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 60.16, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.43% -0.0262 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(87.43% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.6475, 67.4696, 21.1353)
Luminance	0.6747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD861 #6173EA

analogous

#EA9461 #EAD861 #B7EA61

triadic

#EAD861 #61EAD8 #D861EA

tetradic

#EAD861 #61EA94 #6173EA #EA61B7

square

#EAD861 #61EA94 #6173EA #EA61B7

split-complementary

#EAD861 #61B7EA #9461EA

monochromatic

#B8A318 #E3CB2B #EAD861 #F1E597 #F8F3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EAD861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#EAD861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD861

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD861	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)

#EAD254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 216, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e392',
    500: '#ead861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead861;
$custom-light: #f4e392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87431,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD861

secondary

#3848B8

accent

#28D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD861

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

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