#EACD57#EACD57

#EACD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.139 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EACD57
RGB	rgb(234, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -3.16, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 60.87, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% -0.0132 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.139 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.4859, 61.8460, 17.9245)
Luminance	0.6184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EACD57 #5774EA

analogous

#EA8357 #EACD57 #BEEA57

triadic

#EACD57 #57EACD #CD57EA

tetradic

#EACD57 #57EA83 #5774EA #EA57BE

square

#EACD57 #57EA83 #5774EA #EA57BE

split-complementary

#EACD57 #57BEEA #8357EA

monochromatic

#B19216 #E3BD21 #EACD57 #F1DD8D #F8EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EACD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#EACD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EACD57

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EACD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EACD57	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)

#E0C94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eacd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.139 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4db8b',
    500: '#eacd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eacd57;
$custom-light: #f4db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eacd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85097,
    "c": 0.13943,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EACD57

secondary

#344DB1

accent

#34DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EACD57

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

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