#EAE557#EAE557

#EAE557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.160 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE557
RGB	rgb(234, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -15.20, 67.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 69.11, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.02% -0.0475 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(90.02% 0.16 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.6735, 74.2212, 19.9870)
Luminance	0.7422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE557 #575CEA

analogous

#EA9B57 #EAE557 #A6EA57

triadic

#EAE557 #57EAE5 #E557EA

tetradic

#EAE557 #57EA9B #575CEA #EA57A6

square

#EAE557 #57EA9B #575CEA #EA57A6

split-complementary

#EAE557 #57A6EA #9B57EA

monochromatic

#B1AB16 #E3DD21 #EAE557 #F1ED8D #F8F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EAE557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#EAE557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE557

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE557	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)

#F7DD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.160 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ed8d',
    500: '#eae557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae557;
$custom-light: #f4ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.959,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90017,
    "c": 0.16007,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE557

secondary

#3438B1

accent

#13DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE557

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

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