#EAEE59#EAEE59

#EAEE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.168 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAEE59
RGB	rgb(234, 238, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.40, -19.47, 69.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.40, 71.80, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(91.91% -0.0594 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(91.91% 0.168 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.3114, 79.3644, 21.2750)
Luminance	0.7936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAEE59 #5D59EE

analogous

#EEA859 #EAEE59 #A0EE59

triadic

#EAEE59 #59EAEE #EE59EA

tetradic

#EAEE59 #59EEA8 #5D59EE #EE59A0

square

#EAEE59 #59EEA8 #5D59EE #EE59A0

split-complementary

#EAEE59 #59A0EE #A859EE

monochromatic

#B5BA13 #E3E821 #EAEE59 #F1F491 #F8F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EAEE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.87

#EAEE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAEE59

16.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAEE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAEE59	1.00	1.24	16.87	16.87
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaee59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 238, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.168 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f38f',
    500: '#eaee59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaee59;
$custom-light: #f4f38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaee59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.611,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91914,
    "c": 0.16759,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAEE59

secondary

#3633B9

accent

#08DE0D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAEE59

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

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