#EAC651#EAC651

#EAC651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.139 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC651
RGB	rgb(234, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, 0.08, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 61.40, 89.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0046 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.139 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.6137, 58.4778, 16.1410)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC651 #5175EA

analogous

#EA7951 #EAC651 #C2EA51

triadic

#EAC651 #51EAC6 #C651EA

tetradic

#EAC651 #51EA79 #5175EA #EA51C2

square

#EAC651 #51EA79 #5175EA #EA51C2

split-complementary

#EAC651 #51C2EA #7951EA

monochromatic

#AC8815 #E2B41B #EAC651 #F1D888 #F7EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EAC651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#EAC651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC651

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC651	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.139 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d787',
    500: '#eac651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac651;
$custom-light: #f4d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83637,
    "c": 0.13929,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC651

secondary

#324FAD

accent

#3CDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC651

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

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