#EAE561#EAE561

#EAE561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.152 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE561
RGB	rgb(234, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.11, -14.56, 63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.11, 65.00, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(90.11% -0.0447 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(90.11% 0.152 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.1107, 74.3961, 22.2897)
Luminance	0.7439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE561 #6166EA

analogous

#EAA061 #EAE561 #ABEA61

triadic

#EAE561 #61EAE5 #E561EA

tetradic

#EAE561 #61EAA0 #6166EA #EA61AB

square

#EAE561 #61EAA0 #6166EA #EA61AB

split-complementary

#EAE561 #61ABEA #A061EA

monochromatic

#B8B218 #E3DC2B #EAE561 #F1EE97 #F8F7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EAE561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#EAE561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE561

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE561	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.152 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ed93',
    500: '#eae561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae561;
$custom-light: #f4ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.81,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90109,
    "c": 0.15229,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE561

secondary

#383CB8

accent

#14D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE561

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

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