#EAEE9B#EAEE9B

#EAEE9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.105 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAEE9B
RGB	rgb(234, 238, 155)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(63, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 34.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.14, -13.66, 39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.14, 42.07, 108.95°)
OKLab	oklab(92.74% -0.0369 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(92.74% 0.105 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.4232, 81.0091, 42.9305)
Luminance	0.8101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAEE9B #9F9BEE

analogous

#EEC99B #EAEE9B #C0EE9B

triadic

#EAEE9B #9BEAEE #EE9BEA

tetradic

#EAEE9B #9BEEC9 #9F9BEE #EE9BC0

square

#EAEE9B #9BEEC9 #9F9BEE #EE9BC0

split-complementary

#EAEE9B #9BC0EE #C99BEE

monochromatic

#D4DC32 #DFE567 #EAEE9B #F5F7CF #FAFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EAEE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.20

#EAEE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAEE9B

17.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAEE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAEE9B	1.00	1.22	17.20	17.20
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaee9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 238, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.105 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f3b9',
    500: '#eaee9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaee9b;
$custom-light: #f2f3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaee9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.892,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9274,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAEE9B

secondary

#6863CA

accent

#13D31C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAEE9B

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

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