#EAE85E#EAE85E

#EAE85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.158 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE85E
RGB	rgb(234, 232, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.87, -16.23, 65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.87, 67.43, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.7% -0.0497 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(90.7% 0.158 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.8107, 76.0157, 21.8460)
Luminance	0.7601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE85E #5E60EA

analogous

#EAA25E #EAE85E #A6EA5E

triadic

#EAE85E #5EEAE8 #E85EEA

tetradic

#EAE85E #5EEAA2 #5E60EA #EA5EA6

square

#EAE85E #5EEAA2 #5E60EA #EA5EA6

split-complementary

#EAE85E #5EA6EA #A25EEA

monochromatic

#B6B418 #E3E028 #EAE85E #F1F094 #F8F7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EAE85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#EAE85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE85E

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE85E	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)

#FADF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 232, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.158 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ef91',
    500: '#eae85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae85e;
$custom-light: #f4ef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90704,
    "c": 0.15769,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE85E

secondary

#3738B6

accent

#0FD90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE85E

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

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