#EAE59E#EAE59E

#EAE59E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.091 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE59E
RGB	rgb(234, 229, 158)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 32.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.86, -8.83, 35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.86, 36.39, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(90.95% -0.0229 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(90.95% 0.091 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.1232, 76.0011, 43.4222)
Luminance	0.7600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE59E #9EA3EA

analogous

#EABF9E #EAE59E #C9EA9E

triadic

#EAE59E #9EEAE5 #E59EEA

tetradic

#EAE59E #9EEABF #9EA3EA #EA9EC9

square

#EAE59E #9EEABF #9EA3EA #EA9EC9

split-complementary

#EAE59E #9EC9EA #BF9EEA

monochromatic

#D4CA39 #DFD86C #EAE59E #F5F2D0 #FAF8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EAE59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#EAE59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE59E

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE59E	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 229, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.091 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1edbb',
    500: '#eae59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae59e;
$custom-light: #f1edbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.053,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90949,
    "c": 0.0906,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE59E

secondary

#676DC5

accent

#25CC19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE59E

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

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