#EAE79D#EAE79D

#EAE79D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.094 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE79D
RGB	rgb(234, 231, 157)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 32.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.36, -9.95, 36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.36, 37.80, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(91.34% -0.0261 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(91.34% 0.094 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.5940, 77.0799, 43.1562)
Luminance	0.7708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE79D #9DA0EA

analogous

#EAC19D #EAE79D #C7EA9D

triadic

#EAE79D #9DEAE7 #E79DEA

tetradic

#EAE79D #9DEAC1 #9DA0EA #EA9DC7

square

#EAE79D #9DEAC1 #9DA0EA #EA9DC7

split-complementary

#EAE79D #9DC7EA #C19DEA

monochromatic

#D4CE38 #DFDB6B #EAE79D #F5F3CF #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EAE79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#EAE79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE79D

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE79D	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 231, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.094 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eeba',
    500: '#eae79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae79d;
$custom-light: #f1eeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.662,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91339,
    "c": 0.09405,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE79D

secondary

#666AC5

accent

#20CD19

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE79D

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

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