#EEC03D#EEC03D

#EEC03D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.150 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC03D
RGB	rgb(238, 192, 61)
HSL	hsl(44, 84%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 74.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, 3.88, 68.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 68.31, 86.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% 0.0038 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.15 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.9551, 56.2169, 12.3704)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC03D #3D6BEE

analogous

#EE673D #EEC03D #C3EE3D

triadic

#EEC03D #3DEEC0 #C03DEE

tetradic

#EEC03D #3DEE67 #3D6BEE #EE3DC3

square

#EEC03D #3DEE67 #3D6BEE #EE3DC3

split-complementary

#EEC03D #3DC3EE #673DEE

monochromatic

#A27C0E #DBA713 #EEC03D #F3D275 #F8E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#EEC03D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#EEC03D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC03D

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC03D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC03D	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)

#D6BE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec03d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 192, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.150 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d27b',
    500: '#eec03d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec03d;
$custom-light: #f8d27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec03d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.407,
    "s": 83.886,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82681,
    "c": 0.15001,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC03D

secondary

#2B4AA4

accent

#63FA2E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC03D

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

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