#EAD97E#EAD97E

#EAD97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.114 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD97E
RGB	rgb(234, 217, 126)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 46%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 46.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.32, -6.21, 46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.32, 47.13, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.99% -0.0177 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(87.99% 0.114 99)
XYZ	xyz(62.5121, 68.6267, 29.6880)
Luminance	0.6862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD97E #7E8FEA

analogous

#EAA37E #EAD97E #C5EA7E

triadic

#EAD97E #7EEAD9 #D97EEA

tetradic

#EAD97E #7EEAA3 #7E8FEA #EA7EC5

square

#EAD97E #7EEAA3 #7E8FEA #EA7EC5

split-complementary

#EAD97E #7EC5EA #A37EEA

monochromatic

#CCB121 #E1C949 #EAD97E #F3E9B3 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EAD97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#EAD97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD97E

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD97E	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 217, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.114 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e4a5',
    500: '#ead97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead97e;
$custom-light: #f2e4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87993,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.68624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD97E

secondary

#495CC3

accent

#30D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD97E

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

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