#EAE996#EAE996

#EAE996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.104 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE996
RGB	rgb(234, 233, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 35.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.77, -11.75, 40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.77, 42.17, 106.18°)
OKLab	oklab(91.63% -0.0317 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(91.63% 0.104 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.5764, 77.9736, 40.2862)
Luminance	0.7797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE996 #9697EA

analogous

#EABF96 #EAE996 #C1EA96

triadic

#EAE996 #96EAE9 #E996EA

tetradic

#EAE996 #96EABF #9697EA #EA96C1

square

#EAE996 #96EABF #9697EA #EA96C1

split-complementary

#EAE996 #96C1EA #BF96EA

monochromatic

#D6D430 #E0DE63 #EAE996 #F4F4C9 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EAE996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#EAE996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE996

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE996	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)

#F6E390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 233, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.104 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efb6',
    500: '#eae996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae996;
$custom-light: #f2efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.286,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91629,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE996

secondary

#5F60C5

accent

#19CF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE996

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

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