#EAD957#EAD957

#EAD957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.149 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD957
RGB	rgb(234, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.91, -9.24, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.91, 64.77, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0306 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.149 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.4672, 67.8087, 18.9183)
Luminance	0.6781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD957 #5768EA

analogous

#EA8F57 #EAD957 #B2EA57

triadic

#EAD957 #57EAD9 #D957EA

tetradic

#EAD957 #57EA8F #5768EA #EA57B2

square

#EAD957 #57EA8F #5768EA #EA57B2

split-complementary

#EAD957 #57B2EA #8F57EA

monochromatic

#B19F16 #E3CD21 #EAD957 #F1E58D #F8F2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EAD957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#EAD957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD957

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD957	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.149 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e48c',
    500: '#ead957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead957;
$custom-light: #f4e48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.061,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87538,
    "c": 0.14902,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD957

secondary

#3443B1

accent

#23DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD957

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

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