#EAD997#EAD997

#EAD997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.086 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD997
RGB	rgb(234, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 35.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -3.58, 34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 34.85, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.4% -0.0081 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(88.4% 0.086 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.3315, 69.3544, 39.2701)
Luminance	0.6935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD997 #97A8EA

analogous

#EAAF97 #EAD997 #D1EA97

triadic

#EAD997 #97EAD9 #D997EA

tetradic

#EAD997 #97EAAF #97A8EA #EA97D1

square

#EAD997 #97EAAF #97A8EA #EA97D1

split-complementary

#EAD997 #97D1EA #AF97EA

monochromatic

#D5B431 #E0C664 #EAD997 #F4ECCA #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EAD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#EAD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD997

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD997	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.086 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e4b6',
    500: '#ead997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead997;
$custom-light: #f2e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.711,
    "s": 66.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88395,
    "c": 0.08635,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD997

secondary

#6075C5

accent

#3DCE17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD997

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

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