#EAE8A6#EAE8A6

#EAE8A6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.085 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE8A6
RGB	rgb(234, 232, 166)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(58, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 29.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.76, -9.35, 32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.76, 33.77, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.024 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.085 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.6716, 77.9600, 47.4466)
Luminance	0.7796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE8A6 #A6A8EA

analogous

#EAC6A6 #EAE8A6 #CAEAA6

triadic

#EAE8A6 #A6EAE8 #E8A6EA

tetradic

#EAE8A6 #A6EAC6 #A6A8EA #EAA6CA

square

#EAE8A6 #A6EAC6 #A6A8EA #EAA6CA

split-complementary

#EAE8A6 #A6CAEA #C6A6EA

monochromatic

#D3CE43 #DEDB74 #EAE8A6 #F6F5D8 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EAE8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#EAE8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE8A6

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE8A6	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E6A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 232, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.085 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1efc1',
    500: '#eae8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae8a6;
$custom-light: #f1efc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91706,
    "c": 0.08461,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE8A6

secondary

#6E71C6

accent

#21CA1C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE8A6

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

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