#EAE16D#EAE16D

#EAE16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.138 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE16D
RGB	rgb(234, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 53.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.18, -11.70, 57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.18, 58.19, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0352 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.138 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.6191, 72.4490, 25.0979)
Luminance	0.7245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE16D #6D76EA

analogous

#EAA36D #EAE16D #B5EA6D

triadic

#EAE16D #6DEAE1 #E16DEA

tetradic

#EAE16D #6DEAA3 #6D76EA #EA6DB5

square

#EAE16D #6DEAA3 #6D76EA #EA6DB5

split-complementary

#EAE16D #6DB5EA #A36DEA

monochromatic

#C1B51C #E2D637 #EAE16D #F2ECA3 #F9F7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EAE16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#EAE16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE16D

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE16D	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)

#F2DA62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.138 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea9a',
    500: '#eae16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae16d;
$custom-light: #f3ea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 74.85,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89409,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE16D

secondary

#3C45BF

accent

#1DD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE16D

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

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