#EAE277#EAE277

#EAE277 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.129 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE277
RGB	rgb(234, 226, 119)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 49.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.55, -11.36, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.55, 54.01, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0332 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.129 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.4595, 73.2189, 28.1863)
Luminance	0.7322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE277 #777FEA

analogous

#EAA977 #EAE277 #B9EA77

triadic

#EAE277 #77EAE2 #E277EA

tetradic

#EAE277 #77EAA9 #777FEA #EA77B9

square

#EAE277 #77EAA9 #777FEA #EA77B9

split-complementary

#EAE277 #77B9EA #A977EA

monochromatic

#C8BC1F #E2D742 #EAE277 #F2EDAC #FAF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EAE277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#EAE277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE277

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE277	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 226, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.129 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eaa1',
    500: '#eae277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae277;
$custom-light: #f3eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 73.248,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89737,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE277

secondary

#434CC2

accent

#1ED510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE277

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

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