#EAE97C#EAE97C

#EAE97C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.132 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE97C
RGB	rgb(234, 233, 124)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 47%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.43, -14.39, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.43, 54.62, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0414 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.132 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.7101, 77.2271, 30.4571)
Luminance	0.7722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE97C #7C7DEA

analogous

#EAB27C #EAE97C #B4EA7C

triadic

#EAE97C #7CEAE9 #E97CEA

tetradic

#EAE97C #7CEAB2 #7C7DEA #EA7CB4

square

#EAE97C #7CEAB2 #7C7DEA #EA7CB4

split-complementary

#EAE97C #7CB4EA #B27CEA

monochromatic

#CBCA21 #E2E047 #EAE97C #F2F2B1 #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EAE97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#EAE97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE97C

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE97C	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 233, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.132 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efa4',
    500: '#eae97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae97c;
$custom-light: #f3efa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.455,
    "s": 72.368,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91246,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE97C

secondary

#4748C3

accent

#13D411

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE97C

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

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