#EAE55E#EAE55E

#EAE55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.155 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE55E
RGB	rgb(234, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 59.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.08, -14.76, 64.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.08, 66.26, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(90.08% -0.0456 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(90.08% 0.155 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.9734, 74.3412, 21.5669)
Luminance	0.7434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE55E #5E63EA

analogous

#EA9F5E #EAE55E #A9EA5E

triadic

#EAE55E #5EEAE5 #E55EEA

tetradic

#EAE55E #5EEA9F #5E63EA #EA5EA9

square

#EAE55E #5EEA9F #5E63EA #EA5EA9

split-complementary

#EAE55E #5EA9EA #9F5EEA

monochromatic

#B6B018 #E3DC28 #EAE55E #F1EE94 #F8F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EAE55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#EAE55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE55E

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE55E	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.155 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ed91',
    500: '#eae55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae55e;
$custom-light: #f4ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9008,
    "c": 0.1547,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE55E

secondary

#373BB6

accent

#14D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE55E

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

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