#EAE461#EAE461

#EAE461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.151 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE461
RGB	rgb(234, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.85, -14.07, 63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.85, 64.61, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.9% -0.0433 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(89.9% 0.151 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.8348, 73.8443, 22.1977)
Luminance	0.7384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE461 #6167EA

analogous

#EA9F61 #EAE461 #ACEA61

triadic

#EAE461 #61EAE4 #E461EA

tetradic

#EAE461 #61EA9F #6167EA #EA61AC

square

#EAE461 #61EA9F #6167EA #EA61AC

split-complementary

#EAE461 #61ACEA #9F61EA

monochromatic

#B8B118 #E3DB2B #EAE461 #F1ED97 #F8F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EAE461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#EAE461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE461

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE461	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.151 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec93',
    500: '#eae461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae461;
$custom-light: #f4ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89901,
    "c": 0.1513,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE461

secondary

#383DB8

accent

#16D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE461

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

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