#EEC03C#EEC03C

#EEC03C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.151 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC03C
RGB	rgb(238, 192, 60)
HSL	hsl(44, 84%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 74.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, 3.84, 68.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 68.66, 86.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.67% 0.0036 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(82.67% 0.151 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.9284, 56.2063, 12.2299)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC03C #3C6AEE

analogous

#EE673C #EEC03C #C3EE3C

triadic

#EEC03C #3CEEC0 #C03CEE

tetradic

#EEC03C #3CEE67 #3C6AEE #EE3CC3

square

#EEC03C #3CEE67 #3C6AEE #EE3CC3

split-complementary

#EEC03C #3CC3EE #673CEE

monochromatic

#A27B0E #DAA613 #EEC03C #F3D274 #F8E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#EEC03C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#EEC03C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC03C

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC03C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC03C	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec03c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 192, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.151 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d27b',
    500: '#eec03c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec03c;
$custom-light: #f8d27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec03c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.494,
    "s": 83.962,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82674,
    "c": 0.15056,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC03C

secondary

#2B4AA4

accent

#62FA2E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC03C

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

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