#EAE559#EAE559

#EAE559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.159 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE559
RGB	rgb(234, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -15.08, 66.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 68.31, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.047 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.159 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.7563, 74.2543, 20.4233)
Luminance	0.7425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE559 #595EEA

analogous

#EA9C59 #EAE559 #A6EA59

triadic

#EAE559 #59EAE5 #E559EA

tetradic

#EAE559 #59EA9C #595EEA #EA59A6

square

#EAE559 #59EA9C #595EEA #EA59A6

split-complementary

#EAE559 #59A6EA #9C59EA

monochromatic

#B2AD17 #E3DC23 #EAE559 #F1EE8F #F8F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EAE559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#EAE559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE559

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE559	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.159 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ed8e',
    500: '#eae559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae559;
$custom-light: #f4ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90034,
    "c": 0.15858,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE559

secondary

#3539B2

accent

#13DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE559

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

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