HEX atlas value

#EAE5B8

#EAE5B8 is a warm yellow HEX color close to Wheat. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 234, 229, 184, HSL 54, 54%, 82%, has luminance 0.7699, and belongs to the balanced group.

yellow warm balanced

#EAE5B8 Sample readable text

HEX #EAE5B8

RGB rgb(234, 229, 184)

HSL hsl(54 54% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 2, 21, 8)

Luminance 0.7699

Contrast Black 16.4:1White 1.28:1

CSS

--color-eae5b8: #EAE5B8;
.background-eae5b8 { background-color: #EAE5B8; }
.text-eae5b8 { color: #EAE5B8; }

Luminance0.7699

Black text16.4:1AA Pass

White text1.28:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#EAE5B8","rgb":[234,229,184],"hsl":[54,54,82],"cmyk":[0,2,21,8],"luminance":0.7699,"contrast":{"black":16.4,"white":1.28}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":16.4,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.28,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F4EDAE","hex":"#F4EDAE","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.57,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.76,"contrastWhite":1.25,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.61,"contrastWhite":1.26,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Vellum","hex":"#EFE3C8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.49,"contrastWhite":1.27,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","balanced","balanced yellow","Wheat adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/eae5b8.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/wheat.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-goldenrod.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/vanilla.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B8BDEA","analogous":["#EACCB8","#D6EAB8"],"triadic":["#B8EAE5","#E5B8EA"],"tetradic":["#B8EACC","#B8BDEA","#EAB8D6"],"splitComplementary":["#B8D6EA","#CCB8EA"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#EAE5B8","#D5CB72"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#D5CB72","saturated":"#F4EDAE","desaturated":"#E0DDC2","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFACC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"wheat","name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","distance":13.96424004376894},{"slug":"pale-goldenrod","name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","distance":14.866068747318506},{"slug":"vanilla","name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","distance":15.811388300841896},{"slug":"pearl","name":"Pearl","hex":"#EAE0C8","distance":16.76305461424021},{"slug":"vellum","name":"Vellum","hex":"#EFE3C8","distance":16.881943016134134}]

HEX meaning and use

About #EAE5B8

#EAE5B8 is classified as a warm yellow value with balanced visual character. #EAE5B8 is visually closest to Wheat, a named orange color with HEX #F5DEB3.

The RGB channels are 234, 229, and 184, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 54deg with 54% saturation and 82% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and highlight and warning systems. Its luminance is 0.7699, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 13.96, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text16.4:1AA Pass

White text1.28:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EAE5B8 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000016.4:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.28:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

#F4EDAE#000000 text · best 17.57:1#F4EDAE

Pale Goldenrod#000000 text · best 16.76:1#EEE8AA

Vanilla#000000 text · best 16.61:1#F3E5AB

Vellum#000000 text · best 16.49:1#EFE3C8

Generated Palette

#EAE5B8#EAE5B8

#B8BDEA#B8BDEA

#EACCB8#EACCB8

#D6EAB8#D6EAB8

White#FFFFFF

#D5CB72#D5CB72

Color Harmonies

#B8BDEA#B8BDEA

#EACCB8#EACCB8

#D6EAB8#D6EAB8

#B8EAE5#B8EAE5

#E5B8EA#E5B8EA

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#D5CB72#D5CB72

#F4EDAE#F4EDAE

#E0DDC2#E0DDC2

White#FFFFFF

#FFFACC#FFFACC

Nearest Named Colors

Wheat#F5DEB3

Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

Vanilla#F3E5AB

Pearl#EAE0C8

Vellum#EFE3C8

#EAE5B8

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #EAE5B8

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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