#EEC057#EEC057

#EEC057 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.133 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC057
RGB	rgb(238, 192, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, 5.23, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 57.96, 84.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% 0.0108 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.133 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8328, 56.5680, 16.9929)
Luminance	0.5656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC057 #5785EE

analogous

#EE7457 #EEC057 #D0EE57

triadic

#EEC057 #57EEC0 #C057EE

tetradic

#EEC057 #57EE74 #5785EE #EE57D0

square

#EEC057 #57EE74 #5785EE #EE57D0

split-complementary

#EEC057 #57D0EE #7457EE

monochromatic

#B88613 #E8AB1F #EEC057 #F4D58F #F9EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#EEC057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#EEC057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC057

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC057	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 192, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.133 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d28a',
    500: '#eec057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec057;
$custom-light: #f7d28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.722,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82901,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC057

secondary

#325BB7

accent

#49DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC057

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

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