#EAE44E#EAE44E

#EAE44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.165 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE44E
RGB	rgb(234, 228, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 66.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.70, -15.22, 70.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.70, 72.22, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0485 0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.165 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.0525, 73.5314, 18.0779)
Luminance	0.7353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE44E #4E54EA

analogous

#EA964E #EAE44E #A2EA4E

triadic

#EAE44E #4EEAE4 #E44EEA

tetradic

#EAE44E #4EEA96 #4E54EA #EA4EA2

square

#EAE44E #4EEA96 #4E54EA #EA4EA2

split-complementary

#EAE44E #4EA2EA #964EEA

monochromatic

#A9A414 #E0D91B #EAE44E #F0EC85 #F7F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EAE44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#EAE44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE44E

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE44E	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 228, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.165 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec88',
    500: '#eae44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae44e;
$custom-light: #f4ec88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 78.788,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89736,
    "c": 0.16546,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE44E

secondary

#3136AB

accent

#12DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE44E

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

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