#EADD51#EADD51

#EADD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.157 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EADD51
RGB	rgb(234, 221, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, -11.60, 67.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 68.58, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(88.31% -0.038 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(88.31% 0.157 104)
XYZ	xyz(61.2757, 69.8017, 18.0284)
Luminance	0.6980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EADD51 #515EEA

analogous

#EA9151 #EADD51 #ABEA51

triadic

#EADD51 #51EADD #DD51EA

tetradic

#EADD51 #51EA91 #515EEA #EA51AB

square

#EADD51 #51EA91 #515EEA #EA51AB

split-complementary

#EADD51 #51ABEA #9151EA

monochromatic

#AC9F15 #E2D21B #EADD51 #F1E888 #F7F2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EADD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#EADD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EADD51

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EADD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EADD51	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eadd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 221, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.157 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e789',
    500: '#eadd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eadd51;
$custom-light: #f4e789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eadd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.902,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88308,
    "c": 0.15697,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.69799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EADD51

secondary

#323DAD

accent

#1CDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EADD51

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

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