#EAC960#EAC960
#EAC960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.129 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EAC960 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(234, 201, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 77%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 59%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 59%, 8.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.90, -0.50, 55.74) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.90, 55.74, 90.52°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.39% -0.0045 0.1292) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.39% 0.129 92) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.9322, 60.1132, 19.6683) |
| Luminance | 0.6011 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.85
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.16
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.70
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.70
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.87
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.92
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EAC960 #6081EA
analogous
#EA8460 #EAC960 #C6EA60
triadic
#EAC960 #60EAC9 #C960EA
tetradic
#EAC960 #60EA84 #6081EA #EA60C6
square
#EAC960 #60EA84 #6081EA #EA60C6
split-complementary
#EAC960 #60C6EA #8460EA
monochromatic
#B79118 #E3B72A #EAC960 #F1DB96 #F8EECC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#EAC960 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.02
#EAC960 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EAC960
13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EAC960 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EAC960 | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.02 | 13.02 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC655
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4D064
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FBBBB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eac960; /* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 201, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.129 92.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4d990',
500: '#eac960',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eac960; $custom-light: #f4d990; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eac960",
"rgb": {
"r": 234,
"g": 201,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.652,
"s": 76.667,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84388,
"c": 0.12927,
"h": 92
},
"luminance": 0.6011
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EAC960
secondary
#3756B7
accent
#3DD90D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F