#EACD5E#EACD5E
#EACD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.134 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EACD5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(234, 205, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 77%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 60%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 59.8%, 8.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.90, -2.70, 57.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.90, 57.83, 92.67°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.17% -0.0111 0.1333) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.17% 0.134 94.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.7859, 61.9660, 19.5044) |
| Luminance | 0.6196 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.41
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.47
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.86
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.00
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.02
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EACD5E #5E7BEA
analogous
#EA875E #EACD5E #C1EA5E
triadic
#EACD5E #5EEACD #CD5EEA
tetradic
#EACD5E #5EEA87 #5E7BEA #EA5EC1
square
#EACD5E #5EEA87 #5E7BEA #EA5EC1
split-complementary
#EACD5E #5EC1EA #875EEA
monochromatic
#B69518 #E3BC28 #EACD5E #F1DE94 #F8EFCA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#EACD5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.39
#EACD5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EACD5E
13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EACD5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EACD5E | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.39 | 13.39 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0C952
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D263
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FBBFB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eacd5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 205, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.134 94.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4dc8f',
500: '#eacd5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eacd5e; $custom-light: #f4dc8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eacd5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 234,
"g": 205,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.571,
"s": 76.923,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85168,
"c": 0.13376,
"h": 94.7
},
"luminance": 0.61963
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EACD5E
secondary
#3751B6
accent
#37D90C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F