#EAC656#EAC656

#EAC656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.135 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC656
RGB	rgb(234, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, 0.38, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 59.28, 89.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0031 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.135 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8082, 58.5555, 17.1651)
Luminance	0.5855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC656 #567AEA

analogous

#EA7C56 #EAC656 #C4EA56

triadic

#EAC656 #56EAC6 #C656EA

tetradic

#EAC656 #56EA7C #567AEA #EA56C4

square

#EAC656 #56EA7C #567AEA #EA56C4

split-complementary

#EAC656 #56C4EA #7C56EA

monochromatic

#B08A16 #E3B420 #EAC656 #F1D88C #F8EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EAC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#EAC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC656

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC656	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.135 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d78a',
    500: '#eac656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac656;
$custom-light: #f4d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83684,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC656

secondary

#3452B0

accent

#3EDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC656

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

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