#EAE779#EAE779

#EAE779 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.133 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE779
RGB	rgb(234, 231, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 48.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.87, -13.67, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.87, 55.16, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.0396 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.133 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.9603, 76.0264, 29.2854)
Luminance	0.7602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE779 #797CEA

analogous

#EAAF79 #EAE779 #B5EA79

triadic

#EAE779 #79EAE7 #E779EA

tetradic

#EAE779 #79EAAF #797CEA #EA79B5

square

#EAE779 #79EAAF #797CEA #EA79B5

split-complementary

#EAE779 #79B5EA #AF79EA

monochromatic

#C9C520 #E2DE44 #EAE779 #F2F0AE #FBFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EAE779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#EAE779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE779

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE779	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 231, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.133 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eea2',
    500: '#eae779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae779;
$custom-light: #f3eea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.407,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90794,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE779

secondary

#4548C3

accent

#16D511

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE779

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

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