#EAE962#EAE962

#EAE962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.156 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE962
RGB	rgb(234, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 58.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.16, -16.45, 64.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.16, 66.16, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(90.95% -0.0499 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(90.95% 0.156 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.2771, 76.6539, 22.9100)
Luminance	0.7665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE962 #6263EA

analogous

#EAA562 #EAE962 #A7EA62

triadic

#EAE962 #62EAE9 #E962EA

tetradic

#EAE962 #62EAA5 #6263EA #EA62A7

square

#EAE962 #62EAA5 #6263EA #EA62A7

split-complementary

#EAE962 #62A7EA #A562EA

monochromatic

#B9B819 #E3E12C #EAE962 #F1F198 #F8F8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EAE962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#EAE962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE962

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE962	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.156 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ef94',
    500: '#eae962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae962;
$custom-light: #f4ef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 76.404,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9095,
    "c": 0.15551,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE962

secondary

#3839B8

accent

#0ED90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE962

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

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