#EAE253#EAE253

#EAE253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.160 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE253
RGB	rgb(234, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 64.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.21, -13.96, 68.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.21, 69.58, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.0445 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.16 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.6917, 72.5118, 18.8758)
Luminance	0.7251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE253 #535BEA

analogous

#EA9653 #EAE253 #A7EA53

triadic

#EAE253 #53EAE2 #E253EA

tetradic

#EAE253 #53EA96 #535BEA #EA53A7

square

#EAE253 #53EA96 #535BEA #EA53A7

split-complementary

#EAE253 #53A7EA #9653EA

monochromatic

#ADA515 #E3D91C #EAE253 #F1EB8A #F7F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EAE253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#EAE253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE253

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE253	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	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)

#F4DA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.160 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea8a',
    500: '#eae253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae253;
$custom-light: #f4ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.821,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8936,
    "c": 0.16012,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE253

secondary

#3339AE

accent

#16DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE253

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

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