#EACD55#EACD55

#EACD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.141 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EACD55
RGB	rgb(234, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 63.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.81, -3.28, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.81, 61.72, 93.05°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0138 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.141 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.4053, 61.8138, 17.5001)
Luminance	0.6181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EACD55 #5572EA

analogous

#EA8255 #EACD55 #BDEA55

triadic

#EACD55 #55EACD #CD55EA

tetradic

#EACD55 #55EA82 #5572EA #EA55BD

square

#EACD55 #55EA82 #5572EA #EA55BD

split-complementary

#EACD55 #55BDEA #8255EA

monochromatic

#AF9116 #E3BD1F #EACD55 #F1DD8B #F7EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EACD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#EACD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EACD55

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EACD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EACD55	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eacd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.141 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4db8a',
    500: '#eacd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eacd55;
$custom-light: #f4db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eacd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.322,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85078,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EACD55

secondary

#344CB0

accent

#34DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EACD55

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

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