#EAC555#EAC555

#EAC555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.136 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC555
RGB	rgb(234, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 63.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, 0.84, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 59.44, 89.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0019 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.136 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.5404, 58.0839, 16.8785)
Luminance	0.5808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC555 #557AEA

analogous

#EA7B55 #EAC555 #C4EA55

triadic

#EAC555 #55EAC5 #C555EA

tetradic

#EAC555 #55EA7B #557AEA #EA55C4

square

#EAC555 #55EA7B #557AEA #EA55C4

split-complementary

#EAC555 #55C4EA #7B55EA

monochromatic

#AF8916 #E3B21F #EAC555 #F1D88B #F7EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EAC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#EAC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC555

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC555	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.136 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d689',
    500: '#eac555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac555;
$custom-light: #f4d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83475,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC555

secondary

#3452B0

accent

#3FDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC555

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

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