#EAE661#EAE661

#EAE661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.153 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE661
RGB	rgb(234, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.37, -15.05, 63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.37, 65.39, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0461 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.153 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.3882, 74.9510, 22.3822)
Luminance	0.7495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE661 #6165EA

analogous

#EAA161 #EAE661 #AAEA61

triadic

#EAE661 #61EAE6 #E661EA

tetradic

#EAE661 #61EAA1 #6165EA #EA61AA

square

#EAE661 #61EAA1 #6165EA #EA61AA

split-complementary

#EAE661 #61AAEA #A161EA

monochromatic

#B8B318 #E3DD2B #EAE661 #F1EF97 #F8F7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EAE661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#EAE661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE661

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE661	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.153 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ed93',
    500: '#eae661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae661;
$custom-light: #f4ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.248,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90316,
    "c": 0.15329,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE661

secondary

#383BB8

accent

#13D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE661

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

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