#EAE797#EAE797

#EAE797 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.101 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE797
RGB	rgb(234, 231, 151)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 35.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.27, -10.65, 39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.27, 40.77, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(91.24% -0.0285 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(91.24% 0.101 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.0943, 76.8800, 40.5244)
Luminance	0.7688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE797 #979AEA

analogous

#EABD97 #EAE797 #C3EA97

triadic

#EAE797 #97EAE7 #E797EA

tetradic

#EAE797 #97EABD #979AEA #EA97C3

square

#EAE797 #97EABD #979AEA #EA97C3

split-complementary

#EAE797 #97C3EA #BD97EA

monochromatic

#D5CF31 #E0DB64 #EAE797 #F4F3CA #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EAE797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#EAE797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE797

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE797	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 231, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.101 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eeb6',
    500: '#eae797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae797;
$custom-light: #f2eeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.831,
    "s": 66.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91236,
    "c": 0.10095,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE797

secondary

#6064C5

accent

#1ECE17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE797

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

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