#EAEE72#EAEE72

#EAEE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.147 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAEE72
RGB	rgb(234, 238, 114)
HSL	hsl(62, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.62, -17.69, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.62, 61.32, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(92.16% -0.0518 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(92.16% 0.147 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.5450, 79.8579, 27.7723)
Luminance	0.7986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAEE72 #7672EE

analogous

#EEB472 #EAEE72 #ACEE72

triadic

#EAEE72 #72EAEE #EE72EA

tetradic

#EAEE72 #72EEB4 #7672EE #EE72AC

square

#EAEE72 #72EEB4 #7672EE #EE72AC

split-complementary

#EAEE72 #72ACEE #B472EE

monochromatic

#C7CD19 #E2E73B #EAEE72 #F2F5A9 #FAFBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EAEE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#EAEE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAEE72

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAEE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAEE72	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaee72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 238, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.147 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f39e',
    500: '#eaee72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaee72;
$custom-light: #f3f39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaee72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92163,
    "c": 0.14699,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAEE72

secondary

#423DC7

accent

#0BDB11

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAEE72

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

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