#EAE181#EAE181

#EAE181 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.118 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE181
RGB	rgb(234, 225, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 44.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -9.95, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 48.87, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.0282 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.118 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.8208, 72.9297, 31.4269)
Luminance	0.7293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE181 #818AEA

analogous

#EAAC81 #EAE181 #BEEA81

triadic

#EAE181 #81EAE1 #E181EA

tetradic

#EAE181 #81EAAC #818AEA #EA81BE

square

#EAE181 #81EAAC #818AEA #EA81BE

split-complementary

#EAE181 #81BEEA #AC81EA

monochromatic

#CEBF22 #E1D54D #EAE181 #F3EDB5 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EAE181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#EAE181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE181

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE181	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DB79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 225, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.118 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eaa7',
    500: '#eae181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae181;
$custom-light: #f2eaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89666,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE181

secondary

#4C56C3

accent

#23D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE181

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

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