#EAE166#EAE166

#EAE166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.144 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE166
RGB	rgb(234, 225, 102)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 56.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.11, -12.23, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.11, 61.30, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0375 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.144 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.2572, 72.3042, 23.1918)
Luminance	0.7230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE166 #666FEA

analogous

#EA9F66 #EAE166 #B1EA66

triadic

#EAE166 #66EAE1 #E166EA

tetradic

#EAE166 #66EA9F #666FEA #EA66B1

square

#EAE166 #66EA9F #666FEA #EA66B1

split-complementary

#EAE166 #66B1EA #9F66EA

monochromatic

#BCB11A #E3D630 #EAE166 #F1EC9C #F9F6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EAE166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#EAE166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE166

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE166	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 225, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.144 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea96',
    500: '#eae166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae166;
$custom-light: #f3ea96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 75.862,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89332,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE166

secondary

#3942BB

accent

#1BD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE166

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

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