#EACA51#EACA51

#EACA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.142 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EACA51
RGB	rgb(234, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, -1.98, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 62.51, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0105 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.142 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.5401, 60.3305, 16.4498)
Luminance	0.6033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EACA51 #5171EA

analogous

#EA7E51 #EACA51 #BEEA51

triadic

#EACA51 #51EACA #CA51EA

tetradic

#EACA51 #51EA7E #5171EA #EA51BE

square

#EACA51 #51EA7E #5171EA #EA51BE

split-complementary

#EACA51 #51BEEA #7E51EA

monochromatic

#AC8C15 #E2B91B #EACA51 #F1DB88 #F7EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EACA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#EACA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EACA51

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EACA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EACA51	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.142 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d987',
    500: '#eaca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaca51;
$custom-light: #f4d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.451,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84437,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EACA51

secondary

#324CAD

accent

#36DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EACA51

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

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