#EAE74C#EAE74C

#EAE74C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.170 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE74C
RGB	rgb(234, 231, 76)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 67.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.47, -16.80, 72.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.47, 74.05, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.0532 0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.17 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.8144, 75.1681, 17.9835)
Luminance	0.7517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE74C #4C4FEA

analogous

#EA984C #EAE74C #9EEA4C

triadic

#EAE74C #4CEAE7 #E74CEA

tetradic

#EAE74C #4CEA98 #4C4FEA #EA4C9E

square

#EAE74C #4CEA98 #4C4FEA #EA4C9E

split-complementary

#EAE74C #4C9EEA #984CEA

monochromatic

#A8A514 #DFDB1A #EAE74C #F0EE83 #F7F6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EAE74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#EAE74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE74C

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE74C	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 231, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.170 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ee87',
    500: '#eae74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae74c;
$custom-light: #f4ee87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.861,
    "s": 79,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90346,
    "c": 0.16961,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE74C

secondary

#3133A9

accent

#0EDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE74C

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

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