#EEC045#EEC045

#EEC045 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.145 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC045
RGB	rgb(238, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(44, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 71%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, 4.24, 65.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 65.34, 86.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% 0.0057 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.145 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.1869, 56.3097, 13.5912)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC045 #4573EE

analogous

#EE6C45 #EEC045 #C7EE45

triadic

#EEC045 #45EEC0 #C045EE

tetradic

#EEC045 #45EE6C #4573EE #EE45C7

square

#EEC045 #45EE6C #4573EE #EE45C7

split-complementary

#EEC045 #45C7EE #6C45EE

monochromatic

#A97F0F #E1AA15 #EEC045 #F3D37D #F8E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#EEC045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#EEC045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC045

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC045	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.145 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d280',
    500: '#eec045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec045;
$custom-light: #f8d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.669,
    "s": 83.251,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82739,
    "c": 0.14522,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC045

secondary

#2D4FAA

accent

#41E006

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC045

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

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