#EAE494#EAE494

#EAE494 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.101 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE494
RGB	rgb(234, 228, 148)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 36.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -9.48, 39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 40.91, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.0254 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.101 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.0213, 75.1189, 38.9801)
Luminance	0.7512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE494 #949AEA

analogous

#EAB994 #EAE494 #C5EA94

triadic

#EAE494 #94EAE4 #E494EA

tetradic

#EAE494 #94EAB9 #949AEA #EA94C5

square

#EAE494 #94EAB9 #949AEA #EA94C5

split-complementary

#EAE494 #94C5EA #B994EA

monochromatic

#D6CA2E #E0D761 #EAE494 #F4F1C7 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EAE494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#EAE494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE494

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE494	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 228, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.101 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ecb4',
    500: '#eae494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae494;
$custom-light: #f2ecb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 67.187,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90572,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE494

secondary

#5D65C5

accent

#23CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE494

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

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