#EAE498#EAE498

#EAE498 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.096 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE498
RGB	rgb(234, 228, 152)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 35%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.51, -9.03, 37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.51, 38.93, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(90.64% -0.0238 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(90.64% 0.096 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.3434, 75.2477, 40.6764)
Luminance	0.7525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE498 #989EEA

analogous

#EABB98 #EAE498 #C7EA98

triadic

#EAE498 #98EAE4 #E498EA

tetradic

#EAE498 #98EABB #989EEA #EA98C7

square

#EAE498 #98EABB #989EEA #EA98C7

split-complementary

#EAE498 #98C7EA #BB98EA

monochromatic

#D5C932 #E0D765 #EAE498 #F4F1CB #FAF8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EAE498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#EAE498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE498

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE498	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 228, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.096 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ecb7',
    500: '#eae498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae498;
$custom-light: #f2ecb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 66.129,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9064,
    "c": 0.09642,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE498

secondary

#6168C5

accent

#25CE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE498

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

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