#EEC155#EEC155

#EEC155 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.135 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC155
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, 4.59, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 59.05, 85.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% 0.0087 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.135 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.9725, 56.9764, 16.6420)
Luminance	0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC155 #5582EE

analogous

#EE7455 #EEC155 #CEEE55

triadic

#EEC155 #55EEC1 #C155EE

tetradic

#EEC155 #55EE74 #5582EE #EE55CE

square

#EEC155 #55EE74 #5582EE #EE55CE

split-complementary

#EEC155 #55CEEE #7455EE

monochromatic

#B68612 #E8AD1D #EEC155 #F4D58D #F9EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EEC155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#EEC155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC155

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC155	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	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)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.135 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d389',
    500: '#eec155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec155;
$custom-light: #f7d389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83076,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC155

secondary

#3158B6

accent

#47DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC155

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

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