#EAE172#EAE172

#EAE172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.133 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE172
RGB	rgb(234, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 51.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.24, -11.29, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.24, 55.91, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.47% -0.0336 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(89.47% 0.133 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.8960, 72.5597, 26.5559)
Luminance	0.7256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE172 #727BEA

analogous

#EAA572 #EAE172 #B7EA72

triadic

#EAE172 #72EAE1 #E172EA

tetradic

#EAE172 #72EAA5 #727BEA #EA72B7

square

#EAE172 #72EAA5 #727BEA #EA72B7

split-complementary

#EAE172 #72B7EA #A572EA

monochromatic

#C4B81D #E2D63D #EAE172 #F2ECA7 #FAF8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EAE172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#EAE172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE172

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE172	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)

#F1DA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.133 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea9d',
    500: '#eae172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae172;
$custom-light: #f3ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89469,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE172

secondary

#3E48C2

accent

#1ED60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE172

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

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