#EAC951#EAC951

#EAC951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.141 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC951
RGB	rgb(234, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -1.47, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 62.22, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.0091 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.141 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.3063, 59.8628, 16.3719)
Luminance	0.5986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC951 #5172EA

analogous

#EA7D51 #EAC951 #BFEA51

triadic

#EAC951 #51EAC9 #C951EA

tetradic

#EAC951 #51EA7D #5172EA #EA51BF

square

#EAC951 #51EA7D #5172EA #EA51BF

split-complementary

#EAC951 #51BFEA #7D51EA

monochromatic

#AC8B15 #E2B81B #EAC951 #F1DA88 #F7EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EAC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#EAC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC951

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC951	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.141 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d987',
    500: '#eac951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac951;
$custom-light: #f4d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84237,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC951

secondary

#324DAD

accent

#38DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC951

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

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