#EEC059#EEC059

#EEC059 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.131 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC059
RGB	rgb(238, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, 5.36, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 57.10, 84.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% 0.0114 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.131 85)
XYZ	xyz(55.9156, 56.6011, 17.4292)
Luminance	0.5660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC059 #5987EE

analogous

#EE7659 #EEC059 #D1EE59

triadic

#EEC059 #59EEC0 #C059EE

tetradic

#EEC059 #59EE76 #5987EE #EE59D1

square

#EEC059 #59EE76 #5987EE #EE59D1

split-complementary

#EEC059 #59D1EE #7659EE

monochromatic

#BA8613 #E8AB21 #EEC059 #F4D591 #F9EAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EEC059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#EEC059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC059

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC059	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.131 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d28c',
    500: '#eec059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec059;
$custom-light: #f7d28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.477,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82921,
    "c": 0.13107,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.56598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC059

secondary

#335CB9

accent

#4ADE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC059

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

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