#EEC051#EEC051

#EEC051 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.137 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC051
RGB	rgb(238, 192, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, 4.87, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 60.51, 85.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% 0.009 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.137 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.5978, 56.4740, 15.7552)
Luminance	0.5647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC051 #517FEE

analogous

#EE7151 #EEC051 #CEEE51

triadic

#EEC051 #51EEC0 #C051EE

tetradic

#EEC051 #51EE71 #517FEE #EE51CE

square

#EEC051 #51EE71 #517FEE #EE51CE

split-complementary

#EEC051 #51CEEE #7151EE

monochromatic

#B38411 #E9AC19 #EEC051 #F3D489 #F9E8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#EEC051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#EEC051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC051

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC051	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 192, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.137 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d287',
    500: '#eec051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec051;
$custom-light: #f7d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.42,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82842,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC051

secondary

#3057B3

accent

#46DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC051

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

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