#EAD696#EAD696

#EAD696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.085 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAD696
RGB	rgb(234, 214, 150)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 35.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, -2.16, 34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 34.23, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.78% -0.0041 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(87.78% 0.085 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.4844, 67.7896, 38.5888)
Luminance	0.6779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAD696 #96AAEA

analogous

#EAAC96 #EAD696 #D4EA96

triadic

#EAD696 #96EAD6 #D696EA

tetradic

#EAD696 #96EAAC #96AAEA #EA96D4

square

#EAD696 #96EAAC #96AAEA #EA96D4

split-complementary

#EAD696 #96D4EA #AC96EA

monochromatic

#D6AE30 #E0C263 #EAD696 #F4EAC9 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EAD696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#EAD696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAD696

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAD696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAD696	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ead696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 214, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.085 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e2b5',
    500: '#ead696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ead696;
$custom-light: #f2e2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ead696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87776,
    "c": 0.08483,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAD696

secondary

#5F77C5

accent

#43CF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAD696

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

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