#EAE772#EAE772

#EAE772 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.139 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE772
RGB	rgb(234, 231, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 51.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.79, -14.26, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.79, 58.36, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(90.71% -0.042 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(90.71% 0.139 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.5465, 75.8609, 27.1061)
Luminance	0.7586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE772 #7275EA

analogous

#EAAB72 #EAE772 #B1EA72

triadic

#EAE772 #72EAE7 #E772EA

tetradic

#EAE772 #72EAAB #7275EA #EA72B1

square

#EAE772 #72EAAB #7275EA #EA72B1

split-complementary

#EAE772 #72B1EA #AB72EA

monochromatic

#C4C01D #E2DE3D #EAE772 #F2F0A7 #FAF9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EAE772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#EAE772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE772

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE772	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 231, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.139 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ee9d',
    500: '#eae772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae772;
$custom-light: #f3ee9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90707,
    "c": 0.13945,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE772

secondary

#3E42C2

accent

#14D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE772

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

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