#EAE957#EAE957

#EAE957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.164 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE957
RGB	rgb(234, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.07, -17.16, 68.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.07, 70.63, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(90.85% -0.0531 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(90.85% 0.164 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.7930, 76.4602, 20.3602)
Luminance	0.7646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE957 #5758EA

analogous

#EA9F57 #EAE957 #A1EA57

triadic

#EAE957 #57EAE9 #E957EA

tetradic

#EAE957 #57EA9F #5758EA #EA57A1

square

#EAE957 #57EA9F #5758EA #EA57A1

split-complementary

#EAE957 #57A1EA #9F57EA

monochromatic

#B1AF16 #E3E221 #EAE957 #F1F08D #F8F7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EAE957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#EAE957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE957

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE957	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)

#FBE044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.164 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ef8d',
    500: '#eae957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae957;
$custom-light: #f4ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.592,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9085,
    "c": 0.164,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE957

secondary

#3435B1

accent

#0DDA0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE957

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

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