#EAEE55#EAEE55

#EAEE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.170 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAEE55
RGB	rgb(234, 238, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.37, -19.71, 70.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.37, 73.35, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(91.88% -0.0604 0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(91.88% 0.17 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.1479, 79.2991, 20.4143)
Luminance	0.7930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAEE55 #5955EE

analogous

#EEA655 #EAEE55 #9DEE55

triadic

#EAEE55 #55EAEE #EE55EA

tetradic

#EAEE55 #55EEA6 #5955EE #EE559D

square

#EAEE55 #55EEA6 #5955EE #EE559D

split-complementary

#EAEE55 #559DEE #A655EE

monochromatic

#B2B612 #E3E81D #EAEE55 #F1F48D #F8F9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EAEE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#EAEE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAEE55

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAEE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAEE55	1.00	1.25	16.86	16.86
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaee55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 238, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.170 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f38c',
    500: '#eaee55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaee55;
$custom-light: #f4f38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaee55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.569,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91881,
    "c": 0.17046,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAEE55

secondary

#3531B6

accent

#07DE0D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAEE55

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

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