#EAC956#EAC956

#EAC956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.137 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC956
RGB	rgb(234, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, -1.17, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 60.12, 91.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0076 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.137 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.5007, 59.9406, 17.3959)
Luminance	0.5994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC956 #5677EA

analogous

#EA7F56 #EAC956 #C1EA56

triadic

#EAC956 #56EAC9 #C956EA

tetradic

#EAC956 #56EA7F #5677EA #EA56C1

square

#EAC956 #56EA7F #5677EA #EA56C1

split-complementary

#EAC956 #56C1EA #7F56EA

monochromatic

#B08D16 #E3B820 #EAC956 #F1DA8C #F8ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EAC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#EAC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC956

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC956	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.137 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d98a',
    500: '#eac956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac956;
$custom-light: #f4d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.622,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84284,
    "c": 0.13742,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC956

secondary

#3450B0

accent

#39DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC956

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

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