#EAC959#EAC959

#EAC959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.135 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EAC959
RGBrgb(234, 201, 89)
HSLhsl(46, 78%, 63%)
HSVhsv(46, 62%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.1%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(81.83, -0.97, 58.82)
CIE-LCHlch(81.83, 58.83, 90.95°)
OKLaboklab(84.31% -0.0067 0.1349)
OKLCHoklch(84.31% 0.135 92.8)
XYZxyz(56.6241, 59.9899, 18.0459)
Luminance0.5999 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EAC959 #597AEA
analogous
#EA8059 #EAC959 #C2EA59
triadic
#EAC959 #59EAC9 #C959EA
tetradic
#EAC959 #59EA80 #597AEA #EA59C2
square
#EAC959 #59EA80 #597AEA #EA59C2
split-complementary
#EAC959 #59C2EA #8059EA
monochromatic
#B28F17 #E3B723 #EAC959 #F1DB8F #F8ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62
#EAC959 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00
#EAC959 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC959
13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EAC959#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EAC9591.001.6213.0013.00
#FFFFFF1.621.0021.0021.00
#00000013.0021.001.001.00
##00000013.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC64D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D05E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FCBAB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #eac959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.135 92.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d98c',
    500: '#eac959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #eac959;
$custom-light: #f4d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#eac959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84313,
    "c": 0.13505,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EAC959
secondary
#3551B2
accent
#3BDA0C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC959

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#EAC959 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva