#EAEE9F#EAEE9F

#EAEE9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.100 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAEE9F
RGB	rgb(234, 238, 159)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(63, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 33.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.20, -13.19, 37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.20, 40.10, 109.21°)
OKLab	oklab(92.81% -0.0353 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(92.81% 0.1 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.7647, 81.1457, 44.7290)
Luminance	0.8115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAEE9F #A39FEE

analogous

#EECA9F #EAEE9F #C2EE9F

triadic

#EAEE9F #9FEAEE #EE9FEA

tetradic

#EAEE9F #9FEECA #A39FEE #EE9FC2

square

#EAEE9F #9FEECA #A39FEE #EE9FC2

split-complementary

#EAEE9F #9FC2EE #CA9FEE

monochromatic

#D3DC37 #DFE56B #EAEE9F #F5F7D3 #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EAEE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.23

#EAEE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAEE9F

17.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAEE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAEE9F	1.00	1.22	17.23	17.23
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEAA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E5DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaee9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 238, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.100 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f3bc',
    500: '#eaee9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaee9f;
$custom-light: #f1f3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaee9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.038,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92808,
    "c": 0.10012,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAEE9F

secondary

#6C66CB

accent

#14D21D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAEE9F

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

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