#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
RGB	rgb(234, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.83, -0.97, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.83, 58.83, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% -0.0067 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.135 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.6241, 59.9899, 18.0459)
Luminance	0.5999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##EAC959	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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