#EAE959#EAE959

#EAE959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.163 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE959
RGB	rgb(234, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.09, -17.04, 67.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.09, 69.84, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.87% -0.0525 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(90.87% 0.163 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.8758, 76.4934, 20.7965)
Luminance	0.7649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE959 #595AEA

analogous

#EAA059 #EAE959 #A2EA59

triadic

#EAE959 #59EAE9 #E959EA

tetradic

#EAE959 #59EAA0 #595AEA #EA59A2

square

#EAE959 #59EAA0 #595AEA #EA59A2

split-complementary

#EAE959 #59A2EA #A059EA

monochromatic

#B2B117 #E3E223 #EAE959 #F1F08F #F8F7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EAE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#EAE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE959

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE959	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.163 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ef8e',
    500: '#eae959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae959;
$custom-light: #f4ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.586,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90868,
    "c": 0.16253,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE959

secondary

#3536B2

accent

#0DDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE959

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

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