#EAE596#EAE596

#EAE596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.100 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE596
RGB	rgb(234, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 35.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.74, -9.76, 39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.74, 40.37, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.026 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.1 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.4569, 75.7345, 39.9130)
Luminance	0.7573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE596 #969BEA

analogous

#EABB96 #EAE596 #C5EA96

triadic

#EAE596 #96EAE5 #E596EA

tetradic

#EAE596 #96EABB #969BEA #EA96C5

square

#EAE596 #96EABB #969BEA #EA96C5

split-complementary

#EAE596 #96C5EA #BB96EA

monochromatic

#D6CC30 #E0D863 #EAE596 #F4F2C9 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EAE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#EAE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE596

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE596	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.100 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edb5',
    500: '#eae596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae596;
$custom-light: #f2edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.429,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9081,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE596

secondary

#5F65C5

accent

#22CF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE596

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

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