#EAE16C#EAE16C

#EAE16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.139 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE16C
RGB	rgb(234, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 53.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.17, -11.77, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.17, 58.64, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(89.4% -0.0356 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(89.4% 0.139 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.5656, 72.4276, 24.8160)
Luminance	0.7243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE16C #6C75EA

analogous

#EAA26C #EAE16C #B4EA6C

triadic

#EAE16C #6CEAE1 #E16CEA

tetradic

#EAE16C #6CEAA2 #6C75EA #EA6CB4

square

#EAE16C #6CEAA2 #6C75EA #EA6CB4

split-complementary

#EAE16C #6CB4EA #A26CEA

monochromatic

#C0B41B #E2D636 #EAE16C #F2ECA2 #F9F7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EAE16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#EAE16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE16C

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE16C	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.139 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea99',
    500: '#eae16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae16c;
$custom-light: #f3ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89398,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE16C

secondary

#3B45BF

accent

#1DD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE16C

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

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