#EAE8A8#EAE8A8

#EAE8A8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.082 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE8A8
RGB	rgb(234, 232, 168)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(58, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 28.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.80, -9.10, 31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.80, 32.76, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(91.74% -0.0232 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(91.74% 0.082 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.8564, 78.0340, 48.4203)
Luminance	0.7803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE8A8 #A8AAEA

analogous

#EAC7A8 #EAE8A8 #CBEAA8

triadic

#EAE8A8 #A8EAE8 #E8A8EA

tetradic

#EAE8A8 #A8EAC7 #A8AAEA #EAA8CB

square

#EAE8A8 #A8EAC7 #A8AAEA #EAA8CB

split-complementary

#EAE8A8 #A8CBEA #C7A8EA

monochromatic

#D2CE45 #DEDB77 #EAE8A8 #F6F5D9 #F9F8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EAE8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#EAE8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE8A8

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE8A8	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 232, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.082 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1efc2',
    500: '#eae8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae8a8;
$custom-light: #f1efc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91744,
    "c": 0.08222,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE8A8

secondary

#7073C6

accent

#22C91D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE8A8

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

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