#EAE556#EAE556

#EAE556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.161 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE556
RGB	rgb(234, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.02, -15.26, 67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.02, 69.51, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.01% -0.0478 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(90.01% 0.161 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.6329, 74.2050, 19.7733)
Luminance	0.7420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE556 #565BEA

analogous

#EA9B56 #EAE556 #A5EA56

triadic

#EAE556 #56EAE5 #E556EA

tetradic

#EAE556 #56EA9B #565BEA #EA56A5

square

#EAE556 #56EA9B #565BEA #EA56A5

split-complementary

#EAE556 #56A5EA #9B56EA

monochromatic

#B0AB16 #E3DD20 #EAE556 #F1ED8C #F8F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EAE556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#EAE556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE556

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE556	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.161 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ed8c',
    500: '#eae556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae556;
$custom-light: #f4ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.973,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90008,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE556

secondary

#3438B0

accent

#12DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE556

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

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