#EAC261#EAC261

#EAC261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.124 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC261
RGB	rgb(234, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, 3.20, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 53.36, 86.57°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% 0.0064 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.124 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.3837, 56.9422, 19.3807)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC261 #6189EA

analogous

#EA7E61 #EAC261 #CDEA61

triadic

#EAC261 #61EAC2 #C261EA

tetradic

#EAC261 #61EA7E #6189EA #EA61CD

square

#EAC261 #61EA7E #6189EA #EA61CD

split-complementary

#EAC261 #61CDEA #7E61EA

monochromatic

#B88A18 #E3AD2B #EAC261 #F1D797 #F8ECCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EAC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#EAC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC261

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC261	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.124 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d491',
    500: '#eac261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac261;
$custom-light: #f4d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.482,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83009,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC261

secondary

#385DB8

accent

#48D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC261

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

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