#EAE899#EAE899

#EAE899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.100 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE899
RGB	rgb(234, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 34.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -10.92, 38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 40.24, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(91.47% -0.0291 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(91.47% 0.1 107)
XYZ	xyz(68.5388, 77.5069, 41.4806)
Luminance	0.7751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE899 #999BEA

analogous

#EABF99 #EAE899 #C3EA99

triadic

#EAE899 #99EAE8 #E899EA

tetradic

#EAE899 #99EABF #999BEA #EA99C3

square

#EAE899 #99EABF #999BEA #EA99C3

split-complementary

#EAE899 #99C3EA #BF99EA

monochromatic

#D5D133 #E0DD66 #EAE899 #F4F3CC #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EAE899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#EAE899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE899

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE899	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.100 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efb8',
    500: '#eae899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae899;
$custom-light: #f2efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.519,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91474,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.77506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE899

secondary

#6265C5

accent

#1CCE18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE899

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

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