#EAD978#EAD978

#EAD978 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.120 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD978
RGB	rgb(234, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 48.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.24, -6.76, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.24, 50.00, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.0199 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.12 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.1365, 68.4764, 27.7098)
Luminance	0.6847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD978 #7889EA

analogous

#EAA078 #EAD978 #C2EA78

triadic

#EAD978 #78EAD9 #D978EA

tetradic

#EAD978 #78EAA0 #7889EA #EA78C2

square

#EAD978 #78EAA0 #7889EA #EA78C2

split-complementary

#EAD978 #78C2EA #A078EA

monochromatic

#C8AF1F #E2CA43 #EAD978 #F2E8AD #FAF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EAD978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#EAD978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD978

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD978	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.120 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4a1',
    500: '#ead978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead978;
$custom-light: #f3e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87909,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD978

secondary

#4457C2

accent

#2ED510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD978

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

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