#EAE280#EAE280

#EAE280 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.120 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE280
RGB	rgb(234, 226, 128)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 45.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.66, -10.55, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.66, 49.77, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.03 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.12 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.0258, 73.4455, 31.1689)
Luminance	0.7344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE280 #8088EA

analogous

#EAAD80 #EAE280 #BDEA80

triadic

#EAE280 #80EAE2 #E280EA

tetradic

#EAE280 #80EAAD #8088EA #EA80BD

square

#EAE280 #80EAAD #8088EA #EA80BD

split-complementary

#EAE280 #80BDEA #AD80EA

monochromatic

#CEC122 #E1D64B #EAE280 #F3EEB5 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EAE280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#EAE280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE280

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE280	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 226, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.120 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eaa6',
    500: '#eae280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae280;
$custom-light: #f2eaa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89857,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE280

secondary

#4B54C3

accent

#20D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE280

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

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