#EACE51#EACE51

#EACE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.145 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EACE51
RGB	rgb(234, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.04, -4.03, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.04, 63.68, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% -0.0164 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.145 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.4908, 62.2320, 16.7667)
Luminance	0.6223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EACE51 #516DEA

analogous

#EA8251 #EACE51 #B9EA51

triadic

#EACE51 #51EACE #CE51EA

tetradic

#EACE51 #51EA82 #516DEA #EA51B9

square

#EACE51 #51EA82 #516DEA #EA51B9

split-complementary

#EACE51 #51B9EA #8251EA

monochromatic

#AC9015 #E2BE1B #EACE51 #F1DD88 #F7EDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EACE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#EACE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EACE51

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EACE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EACE51	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eace51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.145 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dc88',
    500: '#eace51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eace51;
$custom-light: #f4dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eace51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.02,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85243,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EACE51

secondary

#3249AD

accent

#31DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EACE51

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

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