#EAE079#EAE079

#EAE079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.125 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE079
RGB	rgb(234, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 48.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -10.19, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 52.26, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% -0.0297 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.125 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.0402, 72.1862, 28.6454)
Luminance	0.7218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE079 #7983EA

analogous

#EAA779 #EAE079 #BCEA79

triadic

#EAE079 #79EAE0 #E079EA

tetradic

#EAE079 #79EAA7 #7983EA #EA79BC

square

#EAE079 #79EAA7 #7983EA #EA79BC

split-complementary

#EAE079 #79BCEA #A779EA

monochromatic

#C9BA20 #E2D444 #EAE079 #F2ECAE #FBF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EAE079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#EAE079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE079

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE079	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.125 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e9a2',
    500: '#eae079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae079;
$custom-light: #f3e9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89352,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE079

secondary

#4550C3

accent

#22D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE079

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

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