#EAC659#EAC659

#EAC659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.133 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC659
RGB	rgb(234, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, 0.57, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 57.98, 89.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0022 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.133 91)
XYZ	xyz(55.9316, 58.6049, 17.8151)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC659 #597DEA

analogous

#EA7D59 #EAC659 #C6EA59

triadic

#EAC659 #59EAC6 #C659EA

tetradic

#EAC659 #59EA7D #597DEA #EA59C6

square

#EAC659 #59EA7D #597DEA #EA59C6

split-complementary

#EAC659 #59C6EA #7D59EA

monochromatic

#B28B17 #E3B323 #EAC659 #F1D98F #F8EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EAC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#EAC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC659

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC659	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.133 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d78c',
    500: '#eac659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac659;
$custom-light: #f4d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83715,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.58602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC659

secondary

#3554B2

accent

#3FDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC659

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

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