#EAEE79#EAEE79

#EAEE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.140 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAEE79
RGB	rgb(234, 238, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(62, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.70, -17.10, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.70, 58.18, 107.10°)
OKLab	oklab(92.25% -0.0494 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(92.25% 0.14 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.9588, 80.0234, 29.9516)
Luminance	0.8002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAEE79 #7D79EE

analogous

#EEB779 #EAEE79 #B0EE79

triadic

#EAEE79 #79EAEE #EE79EA

tetradic

#EAEE79 #79EEB7 #7D79EE #EE79B0

square

#EAEE79 #79EEB7 #7D79EE #EE79B0

split-complementary

#EAEE79 #79B0EE #B779EE

monochromatic

#CCD21B #E1E743 #EAEE79 #F3F5AF #FBFCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EAEE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.00

#EAEE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAEE79

17.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAEE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAEE79	1.00	1.23	17.00	17.00
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaee79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 238, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.140 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f3a2',
    500: '#eaee79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaee79;
$custom-light: #f3f3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaee79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.051,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92246,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAEE79

secondary

#4844C7

accent

#0CDA13

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAEE79

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

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