#EAE99E#EAE99E

#EAE99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.095 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE99E
RGB	rgb(234, 233, 158)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(59, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 32.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.89, -10.83, 36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.89, 38.22, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(91.77% -0.0286 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(91.77% 0.095 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.2427, 78.2401, 43.7954)
Luminance	0.7824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE99E #9E9FEA

analogous

#EAC39E #EAE99E #C5EA9E

triadic

#EAE99E #9EEAE9 #E99EEA

tetradic

#EAE99E #9EEAC3 #9E9FEA #EA9EC5

square

#EAE99E #9EEAC3 #9E9FEA #EA9EC5

split-complementary

#EAE99E #9EC5EA #C39EEA

monochromatic

#D4D239 #DFDE6C #EAE99E #F5F4D0 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EAE99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#EAE99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE99E

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE99E	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 233, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.095 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f0bb',
    500: '#eae99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae99e;
$custom-light: #f1f0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.211,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91765,
    "c": 0.09523,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE99E

secondary

#6768C5

accent

#1CCC19

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE99E

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

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