#EAE162#EAE162

#EAE162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.148 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE162
RGB	rgb(234, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 58.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -12.51, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 63.03, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% -0.0387 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.148 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.0636, 72.2268, 22.1721)
Luminance	0.7222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE162 #626BEA

analogous

#EA9D62 #EAE162 #AFEA62

triadic

#EAE162 #62EAE1 #E162EA

tetradic

#EAE162 #62EA9D #626BEA #EA62AF

square

#EAE162 #62EA9D #626BEA #EA62AF

split-complementary

#EAE162 #62AFEA #9D62EA

monochromatic

#B9AE19 #E3D72C #EAE162 #F1EB98 #F8F6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EAE162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#EAE162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE162

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE162	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)

#F3DA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.148 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea93',
    500: '#eae162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae162;
$custom-light: #f4ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 76.404,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8929,
    "c": 0.14754,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE162

secondary

#3840B8

accent

#1AD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE162

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →