#EACD5B#EACD5B
#EACD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.136 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EACD5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(234, 205, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 77%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 61%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 61.1%, 8.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.87, -2.90, 59.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.87, 59.15, 92.81°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.14% -0.012 0.1357) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.14% 0.136 95.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.6539, 61.9132, 18.8091) |
| Luminance | 0.6191 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.25
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.44
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.95
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.02
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.07
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EACD5B #5B78EA
analogous
#EA855B #EACD5B #BFEA5B
triadic
#EACD5B #5BEACD #CD5BEA
tetradic
#EACD5B #5BEA85 #5B78EA #EA5BBF
square
#EACD5B #5BEA85 #5B78EA #EA5BBF
split-complementary
#EACD5B #5BBFEA #855BEA
monochromatic
#B49417 #E3BC25 #EACD5B #F1DE91 #F8EEC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#EACD5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.38
#EACD5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EACD5B
13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EACD5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EACD5B | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.38 | 13.38 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0C94F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D260
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FBBFB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eacd5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 205, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.136 95.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4db8e',
500: '#eacd5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eacd5b; $custom-light: #f4db8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eacd5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 234,
"g": 205,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.832,
"s": 77.297,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85137,
"c": 0.13623,
"h": 95.1
},
"luminance": 0.6191
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EACD5B
secondary
#364FB4
accent
#36DA0C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F