#EAE299#EAE299

#EAE299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.093 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE299
RGB	rgb(234, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 34.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.01, -7.91, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.01, 37.56, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.0205 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.093 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.8786, 74.1866, 40.9272)
Luminance	0.7419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE299 #99A1EA

analogous

#EAB999 #EAE299 #C9EA99

triadic

#EAE299 #99EAE2 #E299EA

tetradic

#EAE299 #99EAB9 #99A1EA #EA99C9

square

#EAE299 #99EAB9 #99A1EA #EA99C9

split-complementary

#EAE299 #99C9EA #B999EA

monochromatic

#D5C533 #E0D466 #EAE299 #F4F0CC #FAF8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EAE299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#EAE299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE299

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE299	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.093 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ebb7',
    500: '#eae299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae299;
$custom-light: #f2ebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.074,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9025,
    "c": 0.09308,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE299

secondary

#626CC5

accent

#2ACE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE299

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

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