#EAC74F#EAC74F

#EAC74F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.141 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC74F
RGB	rgb(234, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 66.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -0.55, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 62.50, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0067 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.141 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.7692, 58.9069, 15.8283)
Luminance	0.5890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC74F #4F72EA

analogous

#EA7A4F #EAC74F #BFEA4F

triadic

#EAC74F #4FEAC7 #C74FEA

tetradic

#EAC74F #4FEA7A #4F72EA #EA4FBF

square

#EAC74F #4FEA7A #4F72EA #EA4FBF

split-complementary

#EAC74F #4FBFEA #7A4FEA

monochromatic

#AA8814 #E1B41B #EAC74F #F1D886 #F7EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EAC74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#EAC74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC74F

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC74F	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.141 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d786',
    500: '#eac74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac74f;
$custom-light: #f4d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 78.68,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83818,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC74F

secondary

#324DAC

accent

#3ADB0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC74F

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

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