#EAC962#EAC962

#EAC962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.128 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAC962
RGB	rgb(234, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 58.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, -0.36, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 54.84, 90.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.0038 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.128 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.0254, 60.1505, 20.1594)
Luminance	0.6015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAC962 #6283EA

analogous

#EA8562 #EAC962 #C7EA62

triadic

#EAC962 #62EAC9 #C962EA

tetradic

#EAC962 #62EA85 #6283EA #EA62C7

square

#EAC962 #62EA85 #6283EA #EA62C7

split-complementary

#EAC962 #62C7EA #8562EA

monochromatic

#B99219 #E3B62C #EAC962 #F1DC98 #F8EECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EAC962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#EAC962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAC962

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAC962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAC962	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eac962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.128 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d992',
    500: '#eac962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eac962;
$custom-light: #f4d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eac962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 76.404,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8441,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAC962

secondary

#3857B8

accent

#3ED90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAC962

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

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