#EAE462#EAE462

#EAE462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.150 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE462
RGB	rgb(234, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 58.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -14.00, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 64.19, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.91% -0.043 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(89.91% 0.15 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.8817, 73.8631, 22.4448)
Luminance	0.7386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE462 #6268EA

analogous

#EAA062 #EAE462 #ACEA62

triadic

#EAE462 #62EAE4 #E462EA

tetradic

#EAE462 #62EAA0 #6268EA #EA62AC

square

#EAE462 #62EAA0 #6268EA #EA62AC

split-complementary

#EAE462 #62ACEA #A062EA

monochromatic

#B9B219 #E3DB2C #EAE462 #F1ED98 #F8F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EAE462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#EAE462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE462

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE462	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)

#F5DC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.150 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec93',
    500: '#eae462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae462;
$custom-light: #f4ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 76.404,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89911,
    "c": 0.15048,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE462

secondary

#383EB8

accent

#16D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE462

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

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