#EAE251#EAE251

#EAE251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.162 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE251
RGB	rgb(234, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -14.07, 68.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 70.35, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.045 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.162 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.6156, 72.4814, 18.4750)
Luminance	0.7248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE251 #5159EA

analogous

#EA9651 #EAE251 #A6EA51

triadic

#EAE251 #51EAE2 #E251EA

tetradic

#EAE251 #51EA96 #5159EA #EA51A6

square

#EAE251 #51EA96 #5159EA #EA51A6

split-complementary

#EAE251 #51A6EA #9651EA

monochromatic

#ACA415 #E2D81B #EAE251 #F1EB88 #F7F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EAE251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#EAE251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE251

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE251	1.00	1.36	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.162 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea89',
    500: '#eae251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae251;
$custom-light: #f4ea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.863,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89343,
    "c": 0.16153,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE251

secondary

#3239AD

accent

#16DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE251

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

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