#EAE599#EAE599

#EAE599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.096 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE599
RGB	rgb(234, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 34.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -9.42, 37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 38.88, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(90.86% -0.0248 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(90.86% 0.096 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.7015, 75.8324, 41.2015)
Luminance	0.7583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE599 #999EEA

analogous

#EABC99 #EAE599 #C6EA99

triadic

#EAE599 #99EAE5 #E599EA

tetradic

#EAE599 #99EABC #999EEA #EA99C6

square

#EAE599 #99EABC #999EEA #EA99C6

split-complementary

#EAE599 #99C6EA #BC99EA

monochromatic

#D5CB33 #E0D866 #EAE599 #F4F2CC #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EAE599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#EAE599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE599

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE599	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E49C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.096 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edb8',
    500: '#eae599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae599;
$custom-light: #f2edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.296,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90861,
    "c": 0.09639,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE599

secondary

#6268C5

accent

#23CE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE599

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

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