#EAC450#EAC450
#EAC450 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.139 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EAC450 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(234, 196, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 79%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 66%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 65.8%, 8.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.49, 1.06, 61.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.49, 61.29, 89.01°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.23% -0.0019 0.1388) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.23% 0.139 90.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.1224, 57.5546, 15.7936) |
| Luminance | 0.5755 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.01
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.05
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.49
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.44
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.46
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EAC450 #5076EA
analogous
#EA7750 #EAC450 #C3EA50
triadic
#EAC450 #50EAC4 #C450EA
tetradic
#EAC450 #50EA77 #5076EA #EA50C3
square
#EAC450 #50EA77 #5076EA #EA50C3
split-complementary
#EAC450 #50C3EA #7750EA
monochromatic
#AB8615 #E2B11B #EAC450 #F1D687 #F7E9BD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.68
#EAC450 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.51
#EAC450 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EAC450
12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EAC450 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EAC450 | 1.00 | 1.68 | 12.51 | 12.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.68 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C142
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CC55
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FCB5AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eac450; /* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 196, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.139 90.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4d586',
500: '#eac450',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eac450; $custom-light: #f4d586; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eac450",
"rgb": {
"r": 234,
"g": 196,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.195,
"s": 78.571,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83229,
"c": 0.13881,
"h": 90.8
},
"luminance": 0.57551
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EAC450
secondary
#3250AC
accent
#3EDB0B
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18140B
muted
#86837E