#EAEE99#EAEE99

#EAEE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.107 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAEE99
RGB	rgb(234, 238, 153)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(63, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.11, -13.89, 40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.11, 43.04, 108.83°)
OKLab	oklab(92.71% -0.0377 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(92.71% 0.107 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.2566, 80.9425, 42.0532)
Luminance	0.8094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAEE99 #9D99EE

analogous

#EEC899 #EAEE99 #C0EE99

triadic

#EAEE99 #99EAEE #EE99EA

tetradic

#EAEE99 #99EEC8 #9D99EE #EE99C0

square

#EAEE99 #99EEC8 #9D99EE #EE99C0

split-complementary

#EAEE99 #99C0EE #C899EE

monochromatic

#D4DD30 #DFE565 #EAEE99 #F5F7CD #FAFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EAEE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.19

#EAEE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAEE99

17.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAEE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAEE99	1.00	1.22	17.19	17.19
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaee99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 238, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.107 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f3b8',
    500: '#eaee99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaee99;
$custom-light: #f2f3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaee99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.824,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92707,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAEE99

secondary

#6661CA

accent

#12D31B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAEE99

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

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