#EAE551#EAE551

#EAE551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.164 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE551
RGB	rgb(234, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.98, -15.55, 69.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.98, 71.45, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.97% -0.0491 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(89.97% 0.164 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.4385, 74.1272, 18.7493)
Luminance	0.7412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE551 #5156EA

analogous

#EA9951 #EAE551 #A3EA51

triadic

#EAE551 #51EAE5 #E551EA

tetradic

#EAE551 #51EA99 #5156EA #EA51A3

square

#EAE551 #51EA99 #5156EA #EA51A3

split-complementary

#EAE551 #51A3EA #9951EA

monochromatic

#ACA715 #E2DC1B #EAE551 #F1ED88 #F7F5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EAE551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#EAE551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE551

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE551	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.164 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec89',
    500: '#eae551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae551;
$custom-light: #f4ec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.039,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89967,
    "c": 0.16436,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE551

secondary

#3236AD

accent

#12DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE551

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

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