#EAE697#EAE697

#EAE697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.100 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE697
RGB	rgb(234, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(57, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 35.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.01, -10.15, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.01, 40.32, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(91.03% -0.0271 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(91.03% 0.1 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.8152, 76.3219, 40.4314)
Luminance	0.7632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE697 #979BEA

analogous

#EABC97 #EAE697 #C5EA97

triadic

#EAE697 #97EAE6 #E697EA

tetradic

#EAE697 #97EABC #979BEA #EA97C5

square

#EAE697 #97EABC #979BEA #EA97C5

split-complementary

#EAE697 #97C5EA #BC97EA

monochromatic

#D5CE31 #E0DA64 #EAE697 #F4F2CA #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EAE697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#EAE697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE697

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE697	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)

#F3E091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.100 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edb6',
    500: '#eae697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae697;
$custom-light: #f2edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.108,
    "s": 66.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91031,
    "c": 0.09981,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE697

secondary

#6065C5

accent

#20CE17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE697

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

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