#EAE240#EAE240

#EAE240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.172 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE240
RGB	rgb(234, 226, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 72.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -14.91, 74.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 76.45, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.22% -0.049 0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(89.22% 0.172 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.0560, 72.2575, 15.5278)
Luminance	0.7226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE240 #4048EA

analogous

#EA8D40 #EAE240 #9DEA40

triadic

#EAE240 #40EAE2 #E240EA

tetradic

#EAE240 #40EA8D #4048EA #EA409D

square

#EAE240 #40EA8D #4048EA #EA409D

split-complementary

#EAE240 #409DEA #8D40EA

monochromatic

#9E9811 #D5CC17 #EAE240 #F0EA77 #F6F3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EAE240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#EAE240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE240

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE240	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5D920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 226, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.172 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea80',
    500: '#eae240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae240;
$custom-light: #f5ea80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.176,
    "s": 80.189,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89223,
    "c": 0.1722,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE240

secondary

#2D33A1

accent

#3AF731

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE240

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

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