#EAEE5B#EAEE5B

#EAEE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.166 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAEE5B
RGB	rgb(234, 238, 91)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.41, -19.34, 68.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.41, 71.02, 105.81°)
OKLab	oklab(91.93% -0.0588 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(91.93% 0.166 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.3965, 79.3985, 21.7233)
Luminance	0.7940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAEE5B #5F5BEE

analogous

#EEA95B #EAEE5B #A0EE5B

triadic

#EAEE5B #5BEAEE #EE5BEA

tetradic

#EAEE5B #5BEEA9 #5F5BEE #EE5BA0

square

#EAEE5B #5BEEA9 #5F5BEE #EE5BA0

split-complementary

#EAEE5B #5BA0EE #A95BEE

monochromatic

#B7BB13 #E3E824 #EAEE5B #F1F492 #F8F9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EAEE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#EAEE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAEE5B

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAEE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAEE5B	1.00	1.24	16.88	16.88
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaee5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 238, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.166 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f390',
    500: '#eaee5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaee5b;
$custom-light: #f4f390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaee5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.633,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91931,
    "c": 0.16612,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAEE5B

secondary

#3733BA

accent

#08DE0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAEE5B

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

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