#EAE799#EAE799

#EAE799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.099 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE799
RGB	rgb(234, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 34.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.30, -10.42, 38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.30, 39.78, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(91.27% -0.0277 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(91.27% 0.099 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.2581, 76.9455, 41.3871)
Luminance	0.7694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE799 #999CEA

analogous

#EABE99 #EAE799 #C4EA99

triadic

#EAE799 #99EAE7 #E799EA

tetradic

#EAE799 #99EABE #999CEA #EA99C4

square

#EAE799 #99EABE #999CEA #EA99C4

split-complementary

#EAE799 #99C4EA #BE99EA

monochromatic

#D5CF33 #E0DB66 #EAE799 #F4F3CC #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EAE799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#EAE799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE799

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE799	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.099 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eeb8',
    500: '#eae799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae799;
$custom-light: #f2eeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91269,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE799

secondary

#6266C5

accent

#1FCE18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE799

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

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