#EAE74E#EAE74E

#EAE74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.168 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE74E
RGB	rgb(234, 231, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 66.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.48, -16.69, 71.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.48, 73.31, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(90.36% -0.0527 0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(90.36% 0.168 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.8850, 75.1963, 18.3554)
Luminance	0.7519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE74E #4E51EA

analogous

#EA994E #EAE74E #9FEA4E

triadic

#EAE74E #4EEAE7 #E74EEA

tetradic

#EAE74E #4EEA99 #4E51EA #EA4E9F

square

#EAE74E #4EEA99 #4E51EA #EA4E9F

split-complementary

#EAE74E #4E9FEA #994EEA

monochromatic

#A9A714 #E0DC1B #EAE74E #F0EE85 #F7F6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EAE74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#EAE74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE74E

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE74E	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 231, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.168 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ee88',
    500: '#eae74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae74e;
$custom-light: #f4ee88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 78.788,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90361,
    "c": 0.1683,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE74E

secondary

#3134AB

accent

#0EDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE74E

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

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