#EAC851#EAC851

#EAC851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.141 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC851
RGB	rgb(234, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -0.95, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 61.94, 90.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.0076 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.141 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.0739, 59.3981, 16.2944)
Luminance	0.5939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC851 #5173EA

analogous

#EA7C51 #EAC851 #BFEA51

triadic

#EAC851 #51EAC8 #C851EA

tetradic

#EAC851 #51EA7C #5173EA #EA51BF

square

#EAC851 #51EA7C #5173EA #EA51BF

split-complementary

#EAC851 #51BFEA #7C51EA

monochromatic

#AC8A15 #E2B61B #EAC851 #F1D988 #F7EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EAC851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#EAC851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC851

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC851	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.141 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d887',
    500: '#eac851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac851;
$custom-light: #f4d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84036,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC851

secondary

#324EAD

accent

#39DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC851

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

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