#EEC151#EEC151

#EEC151 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.138 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC151
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, 4.35, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 60.74, 85.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% 0.0075 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.138 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.8181, 56.9146, 15.8286)
Luminance	0.5691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC151 #517EEE

analogous

#EE7351 #EEC151 #CCEE51

triadic

#EEC151 #51EEC1 #C151EE

tetradic

#EEC151 #51EE73 #517EEE #EE51CC

square

#EEC151 #51EE73 #517EEE #EE51CC

split-complementary

#EEC151 #51CCEE #7351EE

monochromatic

#B38511 #E9AD19 #EEC151 #F3D589 #F9E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EEC151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#EEC151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC151

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC151	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.138 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d387',
    500: '#eec151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec151;
$custom-light: #f7d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.803,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83038,
    "c": 0.13756,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC151

secondary

#3056B3

accent

#45DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC151

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

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