#EEC156#EEC156

#EEC156 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.134 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC156
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, 4.65, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 58.62, 85.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% 0.009 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.134 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.0125, 56.9924, 16.8527)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC156 #5683EE

analogous

#EE7556 #EEC156 #CFEE56

triadic

#EEC156 #56EEC1 #C156EE

tetradic

#EEC156 #56EE75 #5683EE #EE56CF

square

#EEC156 #56EE75 #5683EE #EE56CF

split-complementary

#EEC156 #56CFEE #7556EE

monochromatic

#B78612 #E8AD1E #EEC156 #F4D58E #F9EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EEC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#EEC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC156

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC156	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.134 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d38a',
    500: '#eec156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec156;
$custom-light: #f7d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.237,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83086,
    "c": 0.13384,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC156

secondary

#3259B7

accent

#47DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC156

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

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