#EACE55#EACE55

#EACE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.142 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EACE55
RGB	rgb(234, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 63.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.07, -3.79, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.07, 62.02, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.28% -0.0153 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(85.28% 0.142 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.6453, 62.2937, 17.5801)
Luminance	0.6229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EACE55 #5571EA

analogous

#EA8455 #EACE55 #BBEA55

triadic

#EACE55 #55EACE #CE55EA

tetradic

#EACE55 #55EA84 #5571EA #EA55BB

square

#EACE55 #55EA84 #5571EA #EA55BB

split-complementary

#EACE55 #55BBEA #8455EA

monochromatic

#AF9216 #E3BE1F #EACE55 #F1DE8B #F7EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EACE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#EACE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EACE55

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EACE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EACE55	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eace55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.142 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dc8a',
    500: '#eace55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eace55;
$custom-light: #f4dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eace55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.725,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8528,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EACE55

secondary

#344BB0

accent

#32DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EACE55

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

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