#EAE161#EAE161

#EAE161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.148 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE161
RGB	rgb(234, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -12.58, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 63.46, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.039 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.148 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.0167, 72.2080, 21.9250)
Luminance	0.7221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE161 #616AEA

analogous

#EA9C61 #EAE161 #AFEA61

triadic

#EAE161 #61EAE1 #E161EA

tetradic

#EAE161 #61EA9C #616AEA #EA61AF

square

#EAE161 #61EA9C #616AEA #EA61AF

split-complementary

#EAE161 #61AFEA #9C61EA

monochromatic

#B8AE18 #E3D72B #EAE161 #F1EB97 #F8F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EAE161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#EAE161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE161

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE161	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)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.148 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea92',
    500: '#eae161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae161;
$custom-light: #f4ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8928,
    "c": 0.14837,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE161

secondary

#3840B8

accent

#1AD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE161

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

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