#EAE171#EAE171

#EAE171 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.134 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE171
RGB	rgb(234, 225, 113)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 51.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.23, -11.37, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.23, 56.37, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0339 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.134 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.8393, 72.5371, 26.2578)
Luminance	0.7254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE171 #717AEA

analogous

#EAA471 #EAE171 #B6EA71

triadic

#EAE171 #71EAE1 #E171EA

tetradic

#EAE171 #71EAA4 #717AEA #EA71B6

square

#EAE171 #71EAA4 #717AEA #EA71B6

split-complementary

#EAE171 #71B6EA #A471EA

monochromatic

#C4B71D #E2D63C #EAE171 #F2ECA6 #FAF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EAE171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#EAE171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE171

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE171	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 225, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.134 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea9d',
    500: '#eae171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae171;
$custom-light: #f3ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89457,
    "c": 0.13423,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE171

secondary

#3D47C2

accent

#1ED60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE171

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

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