#EACD56#EACD56

#EACD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.140 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EACD56
RGB	rgb(234, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -3.22, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 61.29, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.0135 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.14 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.4453, 61.8298, 17.7108)
Luminance	0.6183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EACD56 #5673EA

analogous

#EA8356 #EACD56 #BDEA56

triadic

#EACD56 #56EACD #CD56EA

tetradic

#EACD56 #56EA83 #5673EA #EA56BD

square

#EACD56 #56EA83 #5673EA #EA56BD

split-complementary

#EACD56 #56BDEA #8356EA

monochromatic

#B09216 #E3BD20 #EACD56 #F1DD8C #F8EDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EACD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#EACD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EACD56

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EACD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EACD56	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eacd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.140 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4db8a',
    500: '#eacd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eacd56;
$custom-light: #f4db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eacd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.243,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85088,
    "c": 0.1402,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EACD56

secondary

#344CB0

accent

#34DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EACD56

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

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