#EAE197#EAE197

#EAE197 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.094 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE197
RGB	rgb(234, 225, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 35.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -7.64, 37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 38.12, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.01% -0.0198 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(90.01% 0.094 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.4437, 73.5788, 39.9742)
Luminance	0.7358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE197 #97A0EA

analogous

#EAB797 #EAE197 #C9EA97

triadic

#EAE197 #97EAE1 #E197EA

tetradic

#EAE197 #97EAB7 #97A0EA #EA97C9

square

#EAE197 #97EAB7 #97A0EA #EA97C9

split-complementary

#EAE197 #97C9EA #B797EA

monochromatic

#D5C431 #E0D264 #EAE197 #F4F0CA #FAF8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EAE197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#EAE197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE197

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE197	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 225, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.094 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eab6',
    500: '#eae197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae197;
$custom-light: #f2eab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.494,
    "s": 66.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90012,
    "c": 0.09431,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE197

secondary

#606BC5

accent

#2BCE17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE197

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

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