#EAEE61#EAEE61

#EAEE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.162 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAEE61
RGB	rgb(234, 238, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.46, -18.95, 65.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.46, 68.60, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(91.99% -0.0571 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(91.99% 0.162 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.6657, 79.5062, 23.1414)
Luminance	0.7951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAEE61 #6561EE

analogous

#EEAB61 #EAEE61 #A3EE61

triadic

#EAEE61 #61EAEE #EE61EA

tetradic

#EAEE61 #61EEAB #6561EE #EE61A3

square

#EAEE61 #61EEAB #6561EE #EE61A3

split-complementary

#EAEE61 #61A3EE #AB61EE

monochromatic

#BBC015 #E3E82A #EAEE61 #F1F498 #F9FAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EAEE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#EAEE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAEE61

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAEE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAEE61	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE96A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaee61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 238, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.162 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f393',
    500: '#eaee61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaee61;
$custom-light: #f4f393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaee61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.702,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91986,
    "c": 0.1615,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAEE61

secondary

#3935BE

accent

#09DD0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAEE61

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

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