#EAC251#EAC251

#EAC251 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.137 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC251
RGB	rgb(234, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, 2.15, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 60.36, 87.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% 0.0014 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.137 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.7115, 56.6733, 15.8403)
Luminance	0.5667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC251 #5179EA

analogous

#EA7651 #EAC251 #C5EA51

triadic

#EAC251 #51EAC2 #C251EA

tetradic

#EAC251 #51EA76 #5179EA #EA51C5

square

#EAC251 #51EA76 #5179EA #EA51C5

split-complementary

#EAC251 #51C5EA #7651EA

monochromatic

#AC8415 #E2AE1B #EAC251 #F1D588 #F7E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EAC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#EAC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC251

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC251	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.137 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d487',
    500: '#eac251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac251;
$custom-light: #f4d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.314,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82841,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC251

secondary

#3252AD

accent

#41DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC251

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

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