#EAE491#EAE491

#EAE491 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.104 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE491
RGB	rgb(234, 228, 145)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 38%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 38%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.40, -9.81, 41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.40, 42.39, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(90.52% -0.0265 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(90.52% 0.104 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.7869, 75.0251, 37.7457)
Luminance	0.7502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE491 #9197EA

analogous

#EAB891 #EAE491 #C4EA91

triadic

#EAE491 #91EAE4 #E491EA

tetradic

#EAE491 #91EAB8 #9197EA #EA91C4

square

#EAE491 #91EAB8 #9197EA #EA91C4

split-complementary

#EAE491 #91C4EA #B891EA

monochromatic

#D6CB2A #E0D75E #EAE491 #F4F1C4 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EAE491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#EAE491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE491

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE491	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)

#F2DE8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 228, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.104 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ecb2',
    500: '#eae491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae491;
$custom-light: #f2ecb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.955,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90523,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE491

secondary

#5B62C5

accent

#22D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE491

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

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