#EAE178#EAE178

#EAE178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.127 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE178
RGB	rgb(234, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 48.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.30, -10.78, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.30, 53.13, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.0315 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.127 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.2487, 72.7008, 28.4139)
Luminance	0.7270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE178 #7881EA

analogous

#EAA878 #EAE178 #BAEA78

triadic

#EAE178 #78EAE1 #E178EA

tetradic

#EAE178 #78EAA8 #7881EA #EA78BA

square

#EAE178 #78EAA8 #7881EA #EA78BA

split-complementary

#EAE178 #78BAEA #A878EA

monochromatic

#C8BB1F #E2D543 #EAE178 #F2EDAD #FAF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EAE178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#EAE178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE178

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE178	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.127 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eaa1',
    500: '#eae178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae178;
$custom-light: #f3eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89544,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE178

secondary

#444EC2

accent

#20D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE178

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

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