#EAE8A9#EAE8A9

#EAE8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.081 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE8A9
RGB	rgb(234, 232, 169)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(58, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 27.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.81, -8.97, 30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.81, 32.26, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(91.76% -0.0228 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(91.76% 0.081 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.9500, 78.0714, 48.9128)
Luminance	0.7807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE8A9 #A9ABEA

analogous

#EAC8A9 #EAE8A9 #CCEAA9

triadic

#EAE8A9 #A9EAE8 #E8A9EA

tetradic

#EAE8A9 #A9EAC8 #A9ABEA #EAA9CC

square

#EAE8A9 #A9EAC8 #A9ABEA #EAA9CC

split-complementary

#EAE8A9 #A9CCEA #C8A9EA

monochromatic

#D2CE47 #DEDB78 #EAE8A9 #F6F5DA #F9F8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EAE8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#EAE8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE8A9

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE8A9	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)

#F3E3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 232, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.081 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1efc3',
    500: '#eae8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae8a9;
$custom-light: #f1efc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91763,
    "c": 0.08101,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE8A9

secondary

#7174C6

accent

#22C81D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE8A9

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

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