#EAC256#EAC256

#EAC256 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.133 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC256
RGB	rgb(234, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, 2.46, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 58.23, 87.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% 0.0029 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.133 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.9060, 56.7511, 16.8644)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC256 #567EEA

analogous

#EA7856 #EAC256 #C8EA56

triadic

#EAC256 #56EAC2 #C256EA

tetradic

#EAC256 #56EA78 #567EEA #EA56C8

square

#EAC256 #56EA78 #567EEA #EA56C8

split-complementary

#EAC256 #56C8EA #7856EA

monochromatic

#B08616 #E3AE20 #EAC256 #F1D68C #F8E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EAC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#EAC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC256

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC256	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.133 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d48a',
    500: '#eac256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac256;
$custom-light: #f4d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.784,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8289,
    "c": 0.13313,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC256

secondary

#3456B0

accent

#43DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC256

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

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