#EAE796#EAE796

#EAE796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.102 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE796
RGB	rgb(234, 231, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 35.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.25, -10.76, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.25, 41.26, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(91.22% -0.0289 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(91.22% 0.102 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.0134, 76.8477, 40.0985)
Luminance	0.7685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE796 #9699EA

analogous

#EABD96 #EAE796 #C3EA96

triadic

#EAE796 #96EAE7 #E796EA

tetradic

#EAE796 #96EABD #9699EA #EA96C3

square

#EAE796 #96EABD #9699EA #EA96C3

split-complementary

#EAE796 #96C3EA #BD96EA

monochromatic

#D6D030 #E0DB63 #EAE796 #F4F3C9 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EAE796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#EAE796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE796

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE796	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 231, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.102 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eeb6',
    500: '#eae796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae796;
$custom-light: #f2eeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91219,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE796

secondary

#5F63C5

accent

#1ECF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE796

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

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