#EACC57#EACC57

#EACC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.139 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EACC57
RGB	rgb(234, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -2.64, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 60.57, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.0117 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.139 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.2475, 61.3691, 17.8450)
Luminance	0.6137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EACC57 #5775EA

analogous

#EA8257 #EACC57 #BFEA57

triadic

#EACC57 #57EACC #CC57EA

tetradic

#EACC57 #57EA82 #5775EA #EA57BF

square

#EACC57 #57EA82 #5775EA #EA57BF

split-complementary

#EACC57 #57BFEA #8257EA

monochromatic

#B19116 #E3BB21 #EACC57 #F1DD8D #F8EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EACC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#EACC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EACC57

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EACC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EACC57	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eacc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.139 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4db8b',
    500: '#eacc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eacc57;
$custom-light: #f4db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eacc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84896,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EACC57

secondary

#344EB1

accent

#36DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EACC57

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

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