#EACE5E#EACE5E
#EACE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.135 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EACE5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(234, 206, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 77%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 60%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12%, 59.8%, 8.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.15, -3.21, 58.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.15, 58.14, 93.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.37% -0.0125 0.1339) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.37% 0.135 95.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.0258, 62.4460, 19.5844) |
| Luminance | 0.6244 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.45
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.50
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.69
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.85
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.93
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.13
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EACE5E #5E7AEA
analogous
#EA885E #EACE5E #C0EA5E
triadic
#EACE5E #5EEACE #CE5EEA
tetradic
#EACE5E #5EEA88 #5E7AEA #EA5EC0
square
#EACE5E #5EEA88 #5E7AEA #EA5EC0
split-complementary
#EACE5E #5EC0EA #885EEA
monochromatic
#B69618 #E3BE28 #EACE5E #F1DE94 #F8EFCA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#EACE5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.49
#EACE5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EACE5E
13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EACE5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EACE5E | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.49 | 13.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1CA52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D363
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FBC0B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eace5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 206, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.135 95.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4dc8f',
500: '#eace5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eace5e; $custom-light: #f4dc8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eace5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 234,
"g": 206,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48,
"s": 76.923,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8537,
"c": 0.1345,
"h": 95.4
},
"luminance": 0.62443
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EACE5E
secondary
#3750B6
accent
#35D90C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F