#EAC759#EAC759

#EAC759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.134 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC759
RGB	rgb(234, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, 0.06, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 58.26, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0037 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.134 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.1609, 59.0636, 17.8915)
Luminance	0.5906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC759 #597CEA

analogous

#EA7E59 #EAC759 #C5EA59

triadic

#EAC759 #59EAC7 #C759EA

tetradic

#EAC759 #59EA7E #597CEA #EA59C5

square

#EAC759 #59EA7E #597CEA #EA59C5

split-complementary

#EAC759 #59C5EA #7E59EA

monochromatic

#B28D17 #E3B523 #EAC759 #F1D98F #F8ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EAC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#EAC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC759

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC759	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.134 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d78c',
    500: '#eac759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac759;
$custom-light: #f4d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83914,
    "c": 0.13374,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC759

secondary

#3553B2

accent

#3DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC759

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

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