#EAC038#EAC038

#EAC038 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.152 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC038
RGB	rgb(234, 192, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 76.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, 1.98, 69.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 69.47, 88.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0019 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.152 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.4983, 55.4806, 11.6317)
Luminance	0.5548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC038 #3862EA

analogous

#EA6738 #EAC038 #BBEA38

triadic

#EAC038 #38EAC0 #C038EA

tetradic

#EAC038 #38EA67 #3862EA #EA38BB

square

#EAC038 #38EA67 #3862EA #EA38BB

split-complementary

#EAC038 #38BBEA #6738EA

monochromatic

#987810 #CFA316 #EAC038 #F0D26F #F6E3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#EAC038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#EAC038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC038

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC038	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 192, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.152 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d279',
    500: '#eac038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac038;
$custom-light: #f5d279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.843,
    "s": 80.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82251,
    "c": 0.15181,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC038

secondary

#2B459B

accent

#5FF730

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC038

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

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