#EAEE96#EAEE96

#EAEE96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.110 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAEE96
RGB	rgb(234, 238, 150)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(63, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.06, -14.23, 42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.06, 44.50, 108.64°)
OKLab	oklab(92.66% -0.0388 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(92.66% 0.11 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.0119, 80.8447, 40.7647)
Luminance	0.8084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAEE96 #9A96EE

analogous

#EEC696 #EAEE96 #BEEE96

triadic

#EAEE96 #96EAEE #EE96EA

tetradic

#EAEE96 #96EEC6 #9A96EE #EE96BE

square

#EAEE96 #96EEC6 #9A96EE #EE96BE

split-complementary

#EAEE96 #96BEEE #C696EE

monochromatic

#D5DD2D #DFE561 #EAEE96 #F5F7CB #FAFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EAEE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.17

#EAEE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAEE96

17.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAEE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAEE96	1.00	1.22	17.17	17.17
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE78F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaee96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 238, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.110 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f3b6',
    500: '#eaee96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaee96;
$custom-light: #f2f3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaee96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92658,
    "c": 0.11033,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAEE96

secondary

#635ECA

accent

#11D41A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAEE96

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

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