#EAE956#EAE956

#EAE956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.165 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE956
RGB	rgb(234, 233, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.07, -17.22, 68.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.07, 71.02, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(90.84% -0.0533 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(90.84% 0.165 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.7524, 76.4440, 20.1465)
Luminance	0.7644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE956 #5657EA

analogous

#EA9F56 #EAE956 #A1EA56

triadic

#EAE956 #56EAE9 #E956EA

tetradic

#EAE956 #56EA9F #5657EA #EA56A1

square

#EAE956 #56EA9F #5657EA #EA56A1

split-complementary

#EAE956 #56A1EA #9F56EA

monochromatic

#B0AF16 #E3E220 #EAE956 #F1F08C #F8F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EAE956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#EAE956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE956

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE956	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 233, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.165 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ef8c',
    500: '#eae956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae956;
$custom-light: #f4ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.595,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90842,
    "c": 0.16472,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE956

secondary

#3435B0

accent

#0DDA0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE956

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

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