#EAE699#EAE699

#EAE699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.098 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE699
RGB	rgb(234, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 34.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.04, -9.92, 38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.04, 39.33, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.0263 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.098 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.9790, 76.3874, 41.2940)
Luminance	0.7639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE699 #999DEA

analogous

#EABD99 #EAE699 #C5EA99

triadic

#EAE699 #99EAE6 #E699EA

tetradic

#EAE699 #99EABD #999DEA #EA99C5

square

#EAE699 #99EABD #999DEA #EA99C5

split-complementary

#EAE699 #99C5EA #BD99EA

monochromatic

#D5CD33 #E0DA66 #EAE699 #F4F2CC #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EAE699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#EAE699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE699

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE699	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E49C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.098 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edb8',
    500: '#eae699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae699;
$custom-light: #f2edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.037,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91065,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE699

secondary

#6267C5

accent

#21CE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE699

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

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