#EAD987#EAD987

#EAD987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.104 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD987
RGB	rgb(234, 217, 135)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 42.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -5.32, 42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 42.77, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.0143 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.104 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.1192, 68.8695, 32.8852)
Luminance	0.6887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD987 #8798EA

analogous

#EAA887 #EAD987 #CAEA87

triadic

#EAD987 #87EAD9 #D987EA

tetradic

#EAD987 #87EAA8 #8798EA #EA87CA

square

#EAD987 #87EAA8 #8798EA #EA87CA

split-complementary

#EAD987 #87CAEA #A887EA

monochromatic

#D2B425 #E1C953 #EAD987 #F3E9BB #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EAD987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#EAD987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD987

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD987	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDB8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 217, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.104 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e4ab',
    500: '#ead987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead987;
$custom-light: #f2e4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.697,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88127,
    "c": 0.10414,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD987

secondary

#5165C4

accent

#34D213

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD987

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

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