#EAC257#EAC257

#EAC257 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.132 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC257
RGB	rgb(234, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, 2.52, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 57.80, 87.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% 0.0032 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.132 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.9465, 56.7673, 17.0780)
Luminance	0.5676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC257 #577FEA

analogous

#EA7857 #EAC257 #C9EA57

triadic

#EAC257 #57EAC2 #C257EA

tetradic

#EAC257 #57EA78 #577FEA #EA57C9

square

#EAC257 #57EA78 #577FEA #EA57C9

split-complementary

#EAC257 #57C9EA #7857EA

monochromatic

#B18616 #E3AE21 #EAC257 #F1D68D #F8EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EAC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#EAC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC257

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC257	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)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.132 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d48a',
    500: '#eac257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac257;
$custom-light: #f4d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.673,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.829,
    "c": 0.13236,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC257

secondary

#3456B1

accent

#44DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC257

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

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