#EAE361#EAE361

#EAE361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.150 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE361
RGB	rgb(234, 227, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -13.57, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 64.23, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.69% -0.0419 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(89.69% 0.15 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.5605, 73.2957, 22.1063)
Luminance	0.7329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE361 #6168EA

analogous

#EA9E61 #EAE361 #ADEA61

triadic

#EAE361 #61EAE3 #E361EA

tetradic

#EAE361 #61EA9E #6168EA #EA61AD

square

#EAE361 #61EA9E #6168EA #EA61AD

split-complementary

#EAE361 #61ADEA #9E61EA

monochromatic

#B8B018 #E3D92B #EAE361 #F1ED97 #F8F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EAE361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#EAE361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE361

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE361	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 227, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.150 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eb93',
    500: '#eae361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae361;
$custom-light: #f4eb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89694,
    "c": 0.15031,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE361

secondary

#383EB8

accent

#17D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE361

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

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