#EAD962#EAD962

#EAD962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.140 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD962
RGB	rgb(234, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 58.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.01, -8.51, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.01, 60.08, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.65% -0.0273 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(87.65% 0.14 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.9514, 68.0024, 21.4681)
Luminance	0.6800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD962 #6273EA

analogous

#EA9562 #EAD962 #B7EA62

triadic

#EAD962 #62EAD9 #D962EA

tetradic

#EAD962 #62EA95 #6273EA #EA62B7

square

#EAD962 #62EA95 #6273EA #EA62B7

split-complementary

#EAD962 #62B7EA #9562EA

monochromatic

#B9A519 #E3CC2C #EAD962 #F1E698 #F8F3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EAD962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#EAD962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD962

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD962	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.140 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e493',
    500: '#ead962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead962;
$custom-light: #f4e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 76.404,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87646,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD962

secondary

#3848B8

accent

#26D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD962

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

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