#EAE278#EAE278

#EAE278 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.129 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE278
RGB	rgb(234, 226, 120)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 48.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -11.28, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 53.54, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0329 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.129 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.5199, 73.2431, 28.5043)
Luminance	0.7324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE278 #7880EA

analogous

#EAA978 #EAE278 #B9EA78

triadic

#EAE278 #78EAE2 #E278EA

tetradic

#EAE278 #78EAA9 #7880EA #EA78B9

square

#EAE278 #78EAA9 #7880EA #EA78B9

split-complementary

#EAE278 #78B9EA #A978EA

monochromatic

#C8BD1F #E2D743 #EAE278 #F2EDAD #FAF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EAE278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#EAE278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE278

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE278	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 226, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.129 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eaa1',
    500: '#eae278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae278;
$custom-light: #f3eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8975,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE278

secondary

#444DC2

accent

#1ED510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE278

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

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