#EAE255#EAE255

#EAE255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.159 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE255
RGB	rgb(234, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 63.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.23, -13.85, 67.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.23, 68.79, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(89.38% -0.0439 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(89.38% 0.159 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.7700, 72.5432, 19.2883)
Luminance	0.7254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE255 #555DEA

analogous

#EA9855 #EAE255 #A7EA55

triadic

#EAE255 #55EAE2 #E255EA

tetradic

#EAE255 #55EA98 #555DEA #EA55A7

square

#EAE255 #55EA98 #555DEA #EA55A7

split-complementary

#EAE255 #55A7EA #9855EA

monochromatic

#AFA716 #E3D91F #EAE255 #F1EB8B #F7F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EAE255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#EAE255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE255

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE255	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.159 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea8b',
    500: '#eae255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae255;
$custom-light: #f4ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.779,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89376,
    "c": 0.15868,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE255

secondary

#343AB0

accent

#16DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE255

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

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