#EAE490#EAE490

#EAE490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.105 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE490
RGB	rgb(234, 228, 144)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 38%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 38.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.39, -9.92, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.39, 42.88, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.0269 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.105 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.7102, 74.9944, 37.3414)
Luminance	0.7499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE490 #9096EA

analogous

#EAB790 #EAE490 #C3EA90

triadic

#EAE490 #90EAE4 #E490EA

tetradic

#EAE490 #90EAB7 #9096EA #EA90C3

square

#EAE490 #90EAB7 #9096EA #EA90C3

split-complementary

#EAE490 #90C3EA #B790EA

monochromatic

#D7CB29 #E0D75D #EAE490 #F4F1C3 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EAE490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#EAE490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE490

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE490	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DE8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 228, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.105 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ecb1',
    500: '#eae490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae490;
$custom-light: #f2ecb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90507,
    "c": 0.10545,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE490

secondary

#5A61C5

accent

#22D015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE490

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

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