#EAE861#EAE861

#EAE861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.155 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE861
RGB	rgb(234, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.89, -16.03, 64.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.89, 66.18, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(90.73% -0.0488 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(90.73% 0.155 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.9479, 76.0706, 22.5688)
Luminance	0.7607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE861 #6163EA

analogous

#EAA361 #EAE861 #A8EA61

triadic

#EAE861 #61EAE8 #E861EA

tetradic

#EAE861 #61EAA3 #6163EA #EA61A8

square

#EAE861 #61EAA3 #6163EA #EA61A8

split-complementary

#EAE861 #61A8EA #A361EA

monochromatic

#B8B618 #E3E02B #EAE861 #F1F097 #F8F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EAE861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#EAE861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE861

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE861	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.155 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ef93',
    500: '#eae861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae861;
$custom-light: #f4ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90732,
    "c": 0.15529,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE861

secondary

#3839B8

accent

#10D90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE861

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

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