#EAE060#EAE060
#EAE060 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.148 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EAE060 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(234, 224, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 77%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 59%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 59%, 8.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.80, -12.15, 62.34) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.80, 63.51, 101.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.06% -0.0379 0.1433) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.06% 0.148 104.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.7008, 71.6504, 21.5912) |
| Luminance | 0.7165 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.14
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 3.23
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 3.53
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.49
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.75
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 5.04
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EAE060 #606AEA
analogous
#EA9B60 #EAE060 #AFEA60
triadic
#EAE060 #60EAE0 #E060EA
tetradic
#EAE060 #60EA9B #606AEA #EA60AF
square
#EAE060 #60EA9B #606AEA #EA60AF
split-complementary
#EAE060 #60AFEA #9B60EA
monochromatic
#B7AC18 #E3D52A #EAE060 #F1EB96 #F8F5CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.37
#EAE060 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.33
#EAE060 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EAE060
15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EAE060 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EAE060 | 1.00 | 1.37 | 15.33 | 15.33 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.37 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2D952
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F5DF67
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAD2C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DCDCDC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eae060; /* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 224, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.148 104.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4e992',
500: '#eae060',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eae060; $custom-light: #f4e992; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eae060",
"rgb": {
"r": 234,
"g": 224,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.652,
"s": 76.667,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89064,
"c": 0.14824,
"h": 104.8
},
"luminance": 0.71648
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EAE060
secondary
#3740B7
accent
#1BD90D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F