#EAE174#EAE174

#EAE174 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.131 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE174
RGB	rgb(234, 225, 116)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 50.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.26, -11.12, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.26, 54.99, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0329 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.131 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.0110, 72.6058, 27.1620)
Luminance	0.7260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE174 #747DEA

analogous

#EAA674 #EAE174 #B8EA74

triadic

#EAE174 #74EAE1 #E174EA

tetradic

#EAE174 #74EAA6 #747DEA #EA74B8

square

#EAE174 #74EAA6 #747DEA #EA74B8

split-complementary

#EAE174 #74B8EA #A674EA

monochromatic

#C6B91E #E2D63F #EAE174 #F2ECA9 #FAF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EAE174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#EAE174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE174

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE174	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 225, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.131 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea9f',
    500: '#eae174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae174;
$custom-light: #f3ea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89493,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE174

secondary

#404AC2

accent

#1FD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE174

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

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