#EAE59D#EAE59D

#EAE59D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.092 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE59D
RGB	rgb(234, 229, 157)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 32.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.84, -8.95, 35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.84, 36.89, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(90.93% -0.0233 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(90.93% 0.092 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.0375, 75.9668, 42.9707)
Luminance	0.7597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE59D #9DA2EA

analogous

#EABF9D #EAE59D #C9EA9D

triadic

#EAE59D #9DEAE5 #E59DEA

tetradic

#EAE59D #9DEABF #9DA2EA #EA9DC9

square

#EAE59D #9DEABF #9DA2EA #EA9DC9

split-complementary

#EAE59D #9DC9EA #BF9DEA

monochromatic

#D4CA38 #DFD86B #EAE59D #F5F2CF #FAF8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EAE59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#EAE59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE59D

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE59D	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 229, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.092 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1edba',
    500: '#eae59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae59d;
$custom-light: #f1edba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.104,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90931,
    "c": 0.09176,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE59D

secondary

#666CC5

accent

#25CD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE59D

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

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