#EAEE49#EAEE49

#EAEE49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.178 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAEE49
RGB	rgb(234, 238, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 69.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.29, -20.34, 74.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.29, 77.70, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(91.79% -0.0634 0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(91.79% 0.178 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.7110, 79.1243, 18.1131)
Luminance	0.7912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAEE49 #4D49EE

analogous

#EEA049 #EAEE49 #97EE49

triadic

#EAEE49 #49EAEE #EE49EA

tetradic

#EAEE49 #49EEA0 #4D49EE #EE4997

square

#EAEE49 #49EEA0 #4D49EE #EE4997

split-complementary

#EAEE49 #4997EE #A049EE

monochromatic

#A9AC10 #DFE415 #EAEE49 #F0F381 #F7F8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EAEE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.82

#EAEE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAEE49

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAEE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAEE49	1.00	1.25	16.82	16.82
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaee49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 238, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.178 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f386',
    500: '#eaee49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaee49;
$custom-light: #f4f386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaee49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.455,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91793,
    "c": 0.17828,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAEE49

secondary

#312EAD

accent

#06DF0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAEE49

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

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