#EAE196#EAE196

#EAE196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.095 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE196
RGB	rgb(234, 225, 150)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 35.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.71, -7.75, 37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.71, 38.62, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0202 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.095 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.3629, 73.5465, 39.5483)
Luminance	0.7355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE196 #969FEA

analogous

#EAB796 #EAE196 #C9EA96

triadic

#EAE196 #96EAE1 #E196EA

tetradic

#EAE196 #96EAB7 #969FEA #EA96C9

square

#EAE196 #96EAB7 #969FEA #EA96C9

split-complementary

#EAE196 #96C9EA #B796EA

monochromatic

#D6C430 #E0D263 #EAE196 #F4F0C9 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EAE196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#EAE196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE196

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE196	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 225, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.095 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eab5',
    500: '#eae196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae196;
$custom-light: #f2eab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89995,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE196

secondary

#5F6AC5

accent

#2BCF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE196

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

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