#EAC556#EAC556

#EAC556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.135 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC556
RGB	rgb(234, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, 0.90, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 59.01, 89.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0016 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.135 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.5804, 58.0999, 17.0892)
Luminance	0.5810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC556 #567BEA

analogous

#EA7B56 #EAC556 #C5EA56

triadic

#EAC556 #56EAC5 #C556EA

tetradic

#EAC556 #56EA7B #567BEA #EA56C5

square

#EAC556 #56EA7B #567BEA #EA56C5

split-complementary

#EAC556 #56C5EA #7B56EA

monochromatic

#B08916 #E3B220 #EAC556 #F1D88C #F8EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EAC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#EAC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC556

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC556	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)

#D9C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.135 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d68a',
    500: '#eac556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac556;
$custom-light: #f4d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83485,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC556

secondary

#3453B0

accent

#3FDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC556

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

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