#EAC551#EAC551

#EAC551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.139 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC551
RGB	rgb(234, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, 0.60, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 61.13, 89.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0031 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.139 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.3859, 58.0221, 16.0651)
Luminance	0.5802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC551 #5176EA

analogous

#EA7951 #EAC551 #C3EA51

triadic

#EAC551 #51EAC5 #C551EA

tetradic

#EAC551 #51EA79 #5176EA #EA51C3

square

#EAC551 #51EA79 #5176EA #EA51C3

split-complementary

#EAC551 #51C3EA #7951EA

monochromatic

#AC8715 #E2B21B #EAC551 #F1D788 #F7E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EAC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#EAC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC551

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC551	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.139 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d687',
    500: '#eac551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac551;
$custom-light: #f4d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.49,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83437,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC551

secondary

#3250AD

accent

#3DDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC551

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

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