#EAD970#EAD970

#EAD970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD970
RGB	rgb(234, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 52.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.15, -7.44, 53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.15, 53.75, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% -0.0227 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.6711, 68.2903, 25.2589)
Luminance	0.6829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD970 #7081EA

analogous

#EA9C70 #EAD970 #BEEA70

triadic

#EAD970 #70EAD9 #D970EA

tetradic

#EAD970 #70EA9C #7081EA #EA70BE

square

#EAD970 #70EA9C #7081EA #EA70BE

split-complementary

#EAD970 #70BEEA #9C70EA

monochromatic

#C3AC1D #E2CB3B #EAD970 #F2E7A5 #FAF5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EAD970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#EAD970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD970

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD970	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e49c',
    500: '#ead970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead970;
$custom-light: #f3e49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87806,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD970

secondary

#3D4FC1

accent

#2BD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD970

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

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