#EACC51#EACC51

#EACC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.143 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EACC51
RGB	rgb(234, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.53, -3.01, 63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.53, 63.09, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.0135 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.143 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.0124, 61.2751, 16.6073)
Luminance	0.6127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EACC51 #516FEA

analogous

#EA8051 #EACC51 #BCEA51

triadic

#EACC51 #51EACC #CC51EA

tetradic

#EACC51 #51EA80 #516FEA #EA51BC

square

#EACC51 #51EA80 #516FEA #EA51BC

split-complementary

#EACC51 #51BCEA #8051EA

monochromatic

#AC8E15 #E2BB1B #EACC51 #F1DC88 #F7ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EACC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#EACC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EACC51

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EACC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EACC51	1.00	1.58	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eacc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.143 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4db87',
    500: '#eacc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eacc51;
$custom-light: #f4db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eacc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8484,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EACC51

secondary

#324AAD

accent

#34DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EACC51

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

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