#EAE457#EAE457

#EAE457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.159 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE457
RGB	rgb(234, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.77, -14.71, 67.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.77, 68.73, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.81% -0.0462 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(89.81% 0.159 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.3976, 73.6694, 19.8951)
Luminance	0.7367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE457 #575DEA

analogous

#EA9A57 #EAE457 #A6EA57

triadic

#EAE457 #57EAE4 #E457EA

tetradic

#EAE457 #57EA9A #575DEA #EA57A6

square

#EAE457 #57EA9A #575DEA #EA57A6

split-complementary

#EAE457 #57A6EA #9A57EA

monochromatic

#B1AA16 #E3DB21 #EAE457 #F1ED8D #F8F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EAE457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#EAE457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE457

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE457	1.00	1.33	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.159 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec8d',
    500: '#eae457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae457;
$custom-light: #f4ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89809,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE457

secondary

#3439B1

accent

#14DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE457

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

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