#EAE261#EAE261

#EAE261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.149 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE261
RGB	rgb(234, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -13.08, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 63.84, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0405 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.149 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.2878, 72.7503, 22.0154)
Luminance	0.7275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE261 #6169EA

analogous

#EA9D61 #EAE261 #AEEA61

triadic

#EAE261 #61EAE2 #E261EA

tetradic

#EAE261 #61EA9D #6169EA #EA61AE

square

#EAE261 #61EA9D #6169EA #EA61AE

split-complementary

#EAE261 #61AEEA #9D61EA

monochromatic

#B8AF18 #E3D82B #EAE261 #F1EC97 #F8F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EAE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#EAE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE261

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE261	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.149 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea93',
    500: '#eae261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae261;
$custom-light: #f4ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89487,
    "c": 0.14934,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE261

secondary

#383FB8

accent

#19D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE261

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

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