#EAE591#EAE591

#EAE591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.105 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE591
RGB	rgb(234, 229, 145)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 38%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 38%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.66, -10.31, 41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.66, 42.83, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(90.73% -0.0279 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(90.73% 0.105 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.0628, 75.5769, 37.8377)
Luminance	0.7558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE591 #9196EA

analogous

#EAB991 #EAE591 #C3EA91

triadic

#EAE591 #91EAE5 #E591EA

tetradic

#EAE591 #91EAB9 #9196EA #EA91C3

square

#EAE591 #91EAB9 #9196EA #EA91C3

split-complementary

#EAE591 #91C3EA #B991EA

monochromatic

#D6CD2A #E0D95E #EAE591 #F4F1C4 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EAE591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#EAE591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE591

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE591	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 229, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.105 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edb2',
    500: '#eae591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae591;
$custom-light: #f2edb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.629,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90728,
    "c": 0.10544,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE591

secondary

#5B61C5

accent

#20D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE591

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

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