#EAE97B#EAE97B

#EAE97B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.133 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE97B
RGB	rgb(234, 233, 123)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 47.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.41, -14.48, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.41, 55.09, 105.24°)
OKLab	oklab(91.23% -0.0418 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(91.23% 0.133 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.6472, 77.2019, 30.1257)
Luminance	0.7720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE97B #7B7CEA

analogous

#EAB17B #EAE97B #B4EA7B

triadic

#EAE97B #7BEAE9 #E97BEA

tetradic

#EAE97B #7BEAB1 #7B7CEA #EA7BB4

square

#EAE97B #7BEAB1 #7B7CEA #EA7BB4

split-complementary

#EAE97B #7BB4EA #B17BEA

monochromatic

#CAC920 #E2E046 #EAE97B #F2F2B0 #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EAE97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#EAE97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE97B

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE97B	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 233, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.133 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efa3',
    500: '#eae97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae97b;
$custom-light: #f3efa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.459,
    "s": 72.549,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91233,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE97B

secondary

#4648C3

accent

#13D511

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE97B

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

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