#EAE696#EAE696

#EAE696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.101 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE696
RGB	rgb(234, 230, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(57, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 35.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.99, -10.26, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.99, 40.81, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(91.01% -0.0274 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(91.01% 0.101 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.7344, 76.2895, 40.0055)
Luminance	0.7629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE696 #969AEA

analogous

#EABC96 #EAE696 #C4EA96

triadic

#EAE696 #96EAE6 #E696EA

tetradic

#EAE696 #96EABC #969AEA #EA96C4

square

#EAE696 #96EABC #969AEA #EA96C4

split-complementary

#EAE696 #96C4EA #BC96EA

monochromatic

#D6CE30 #E0DA63 #EAE696 #F4F2C9 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EAE696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#EAE696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE696

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE696	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 230, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.101 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edb6',
    500: '#eae696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae696;
$custom-light: #f2edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91014,
    "c": 0.10094,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE696

secondary

#5F64C5

accent

#20CF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE696

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

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