#EEC153#EEC153

#EEC153 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.136 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC153
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 83)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 65.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, 4.47, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 59.90, 85.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% 0.0081 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.136 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.8942, 56.9451, 16.2294)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC153 #5380EE

analogous

#EE7453 #EEC153 #CDEE53

triadic

#EEC153 #53EEC1 #C153EE

tetradic

#EEC153 #53EE74 #5380EE #EE53CD

square

#EEC153 #53EE74 #5380EE #EE53CD

split-complementary

#EEC153 #53CDEE #7453EE

monochromatic

#B58512 #E8AD1B #EEC153 #F4D58B #F9E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EEC153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#EEC153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC153

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC153	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.136 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d388',
    500: '#eec153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec153;
$custom-light: #f7d388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83056,
    "c": 0.1361,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC153

secondary

#3157B4

accent

#46DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC153

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

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