#EAE266#EAE266

#EAE266 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.145 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE266
RGB	rgb(234, 226, 102)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 56.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.37, -12.72, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.37, 61.69, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.0389 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.145 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.5283, 72.8465, 23.2821)
Luminance	0.7284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE266 #666EEA

analogous

#EAA066 #EAE266 #B0EA66

triadic

#EAE266 #66EAE2 #E266EA

tetradic

#EAE266 #66EAA0 #666EEA #EA66B0

square

#EAE266 #66EAA0 #666EEA #EA66B0

split-complementary

#EAE266 #66B0EA #A066EA

monochromatic

#BCB21A #E3D830 #EAE266 #F1EC9C #F9F6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EAE266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#EAE266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE266

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE266	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E06D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 226, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.145 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea96',
    500: '#eae266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae266;
$custom-light: #f3ea96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 75.862,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89538,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE266

secondary

#3941BB

accent

#1AD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE266

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

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