#EAE997#EAE997

#EAE997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.103 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE997
RGB	rgb(234, 233, 151)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 35.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.78, -11.64, 40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.78, 41.68, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.65% -0.0314 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(91.65% 0.103 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.6573, 78.0059, 40.7120)
Luminance	0.7801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE997 #9798EA

analogous

#EABF97 #EAE997 #C1EA97

triadic

#EAE997 #97EAE9 #E997EA

tetradic

#EAE997 #97EABF #9798EA #EA97C1

square

#EAE997 #97EABF #9798EA #EA97C1

split-complementary

#EAE997 #97C1EA #BF97EA

monochromatic

#D5D331 #E0DE64 #EAE997 #F4F4CA #FAFAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EAE997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#EAE997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE997

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE997	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 233, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.103 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efb6',
    500: '#eae997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae997;
$custom-light: #f2efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.277,
    "s": 66.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91645,
    "c": 0.10325,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE997

secondary

#6061C5

accent

#19CE17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE997

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

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