#EAD99F#EAD99F

#EAD99F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.077 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD99F
RGB	rgb(234, 217, 159)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(46, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 32.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.81, -2.63, 30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.81, 30.86, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(88.54% -0.005 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(88.54% 0.077 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.0034, 69.6232, 42.8086)
Luminance	0.6962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD99F #9FB0EA

analogous

#EAB49F #EAD99F #D6EA9F

triadic

#EAD99F #9FEAD9 #D99FEA

tetradic

#EAD99F #9FEAB4 #9FB0EA #EA9FD6

square

#EAD99F #9FEAB4 #9FB0EA #EA9FD6

split-complementary

#EAD99F #9FD6EA #B49FEA

monochromatic

#D4B13B #DFC56D #EAD99F #F5EDD1 #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EAD99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#EAD99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD99F

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD99F	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADCA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 217, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.077 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e4bb',
    500: '#ead99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead99f;
$custom-light: #f1e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.4,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88543,
    "c": 0.0771,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD99F

secondary

#687DC5

accent

#42CC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD99F

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

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