#EAE99D#EAE99D

#EAE99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.096 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE99D
RGB	rgb(234, 233, 157)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(59, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 32.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.87, -10.95, 37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.87, 38.72, 106.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.75% -0.029 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(91.75% 0.096 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.1570, 78.2058, 43.3439)
Luminance	0.7821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE99D #9D9EEA

analogous

#EAC39D #EAE99D #C5EA9D

triadic

#EAE99D #9DEAE9 #E99DEA

tetradic

#EAE99D #9DEAC3 #9D9EEA #EA9DC5

square

#EAE99D #9DEAC3 #9D9EEA #EA9DC5

split-complementary

#EAE99D #9DC5EA #C39DEA

monochromatic

#D4D238 #DFDE6B #EAE99D #F5F4CF #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EAE99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#EAE99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE99D

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE99D	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 233, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.096 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1efba',
    500: '#eae99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae99d;
$custom-light: #f1efba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.221,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91748,
    "c": 0.09639,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE99D

secondary

#6667C5

accent

#1BCD19

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE99D

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

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