#EAE972#EAE972

#EAE972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.142 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE972
RGB	rgb(234, 233, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 51.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.32, -15.25, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.32, 59.20, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(91.12% -0.0448 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(91.12% 0.142 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.1095, 76.9868, 27.2938)
Luminance	0.7699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE972 #7273EA

analogous

#EAAD72 #EAE972 #AFEA72

triadic

#EAE972 #72EAE9 #E972EA

tetradic

#EAE972 #72EAAD #7273EA #EA72AF

square

#EAE972 #72EAAD #7273EA #EA72AF

split-complementary

#EAE972 #72AFEA #AD72EA

monochromatic

#C4C31D #E2E13D #EAE972 #F2F1A7 #FAFADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EAE972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#EAE972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE972

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE972	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 233, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.142 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef9e',
    500: '#eae972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae972;
$custom-light: #f3ef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91122,
    "c": 0.14157,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE972

secondary

#3E3FC2

accent

#11D60F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE972

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

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