#EEC145#EEC145

#EEC145 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.146 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC145
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 69)
HSL	hsl(44, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 71%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, 3.72, 65.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 65.56, 86.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% 0.0042 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.146 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.4072, 56.7503, 13.6646)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC145 #4572EE

analogous

#EE6D45 #EEC145 #C6EE45

triadic

#EEC145 #45EEC1 #C145EE

tetradic

#EEC145 #45EE6D #4572EE #EE45C6

square

#EEC145 #45EE6D #4572EE #EE45C6

split-complementary

#EEC145 #45C6EE #6D45EE

monochromatic

#A9800F #E1AB15 #EEC145 #F3D47D #F8E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EEC145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#EEC145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC145

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC145	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.146 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d380',
    500: '#eec145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec145;
$custom-light: #f8d380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.024,
    "s": 83.251,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82935,
    "c": 0.1457,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC145

secondary

#2D4EAA

accent

#40E006

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC145

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

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