#EAE259#EAE259

#EAE259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.156 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE259
RGB	rgb(234, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.26, -13.60, 65.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.26, 67.18, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0428 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.156 106)
XYZ	xyz(62.9334, 72.6085, 20.1490)
Luminance	0.7261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE259 #5961EA

analogous

#EA9959 #EAE259 #A9EA59

triadic

#EAE259 #59EAE2 #E259EA

tetradic

#EAE259 #59EA99 #5961EA #EA59A9

square

#EAE259 #59EA99 #5961EA #EA59A9

split-complementary

#EAE259 #59A9EA #9959EA

monochromatic

#B2A917 #E3D923 #EAE259 #F1EB8F #F8F5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EAE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#EAE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE259

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE259	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.156 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea8e',
    500: '#eae259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae259;
$custom-light: #f4ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.69,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89411,
    "c": 0.15569,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.72606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE259

secondary

#353CB2

accent

#17DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE259

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

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