#EAD862#EAD862

#EAD862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD862
RGB	rgb(234, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 58.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.75, -8.01, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.75, 59.72, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.44% -0.0259 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(87.44% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.6944, 67.4884, 21.3824)
Luminance	0.6749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD862 #6274EA

analogous

#EA9462 #EAD862 #B8EA62

triadic

#EAD862 #62EAD8 #D862EA

tetradic

#EAD862 #62EA94 #6274EA #EA62B8

square

#EAD862 #62EA94 #6274EA #EA62B8

split-complementary

#EAD862 #62B8EA #9462EA

monochromatic

#B9A419 #E3CB2C #EAD862 #F1E598 #F8F3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EAD862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#EAD862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD862

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD862	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e393',
    500: '#ead862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead862;
$custom-light: #f4e393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 76.404,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87441,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD862

secondary

#3849B8

accent

#28D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD862

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

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