#EAE271#EAE271

#EAE271 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.135 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE271
RGB	rgb(234, 226, 113)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 51.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.49, -11.87, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.49, 56.77, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0353 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.135 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.1105, 73.0793, 26.3482)
Luminance	0.7308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE271 #7179EA

analogous

#EAA571 #EAE271 #B5EA71

triadic

#EAE271 #71EAE2 #E271EA

tetradic

#EAE271 #71EAA5 #7179EA #EA71B5

square

#EAE271 #71EAA5 #7179EA #EA71B5

split-complementary

#EAE271 #71B5EA #A571EA

monochromatic

#C4B91D #E2D73C #EAE271 #F2EDA6 #FAF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EAE271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#EAE271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE271

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE271	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 226, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.135 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea9d',
    500: '#eae271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae271;
$custom-light: #f3ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89663,
    "c": 0.13523,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE271

secondary

#3D46C2

accent

#1CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE271

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

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