#EAE151#EAE151

#EAE151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.161 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE151
RGB	rgb(234, 225, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.94, -13.58, 68.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.94, 69.99, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0436 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.161 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.3444, 71.9391, 18.3846)
Luminance	0.7194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE151 #515AEA

analogous

#EA9551 #EAE151 #A6EA51

triadic

#EAE151 #51EAE1 #E151EA

tetradic

#EAE151 #51EA95 #515AEA #EA51A6

square

#EAE151 #51EA95 #515AEA #EA51A6

split-complementary

#EAE151 #51A6EA #9551EA

monochromatic

#ACA315 #E2D71B #EAE151 #F1EA88 #F7F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EAE151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#EAE151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE151

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE151	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 225, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.161 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea89',
    500: '#eae151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae151;
$custom-light: #f4ea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89136,
    "c": 0.16061,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE151

secondary

#323AAD

accent

#17DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE151

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

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