#EAE978#EAE978

#EAE978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.136 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE978
RGB	rgb(234, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 48.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.38, -14.74, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.38, 56.47, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(91.2% -0.0428 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(91.2% 0.136 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.4623, 77.1280, 29.1518)
Luminance	0.7713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE978 #7879EA

analogous

#EAB078 #EAE978 #B2EA78

triadic

#EAE978 #78EAE9 #E978EA

tetradic

#EAE978 #78EAB0 #7879EA #EA78B2

square

#EAE978 #78EAB0 #7879EA #EA78B2

split-complementary

#EAE978 #78B2EA #B078EA

monochromatic

#C8C71F #E2E043 #EAE978 #F2F2AD #FAFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EAE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#EAE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE978

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE978	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E16E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.136 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efa1',
    500: '#eae978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae978;
$custom-light: #f3efa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.474,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91195,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE978

secondary

#4445C2

accent

#12D510

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE978

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

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