#EAE241#EAE241

#EAE241 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	#EAE241
RGB	rgb(234, 226, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 72.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.10, -14.87, 74.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.10, 76.12, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(89.23% -0.0488 0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(89.23% 0.172 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.0847, 72.2690, 15.6790)
Luminance	0.7227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE241 #4149EA

analogous

#EA8D41 #EAE241 #9DEA41

triadic

#EAE241 #41EAE2 #E241EA

tetradic

#EAE241 #41EA8D #4149EA #EA419D

square

#EAE241 #41EA8D #4149EA #EA419D

split-complementary

#EAE241 #419DEA #8D41EA

monochromatic

#9F9812 #D6CD18 #EAE241 #F0EA78 #F6F3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EAE241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#EAE241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE241

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE241	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)

#F5D922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 226, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.172 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea81',
    500: '#eae241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae241;
$custom-light: #f5ea81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.16,
    "s": 80.095,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8923,
    "c": 0.17164,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE241

secondary

#2E33A2

accent

#3BF731

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE241

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

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