#EAEC99#EAEC99

#EAEC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.105 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAEC99
RGB	rgb(234, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(61, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.59, -12.90, 40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.59, 42.10, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(92.3% -0.0348 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(92.3% 0.105 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.6776, 79.7844, 41.8602)
Luminance	0.7978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAEC99 #9B99EC

analogous

#ECC599 #EAEC99 #C1EC99

triadic

#EAEC99 #99EAEC #EC99EA

tetradic

#EAEC99 #99ECC5 #9B99EC #EC99C1

square

#EAEC99 #99ECC5 #9B99EC #EC99C1

split-complementary

#EAEC99 #99C1EC #C599EC

monochromatic

#D5D932 #DFE265 #EAEC99 #F5F6CD #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EAEC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#EAEC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAEC99

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAEC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAEC99	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.105 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2b8',
    500: '#eaec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaec99;
$custom-light: #f2f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.446,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92295,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAEC99

secondary

#6462C8

accent

#15D119

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAEC99

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

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