#EEC157#EEC157

#EEC157 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.133 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC157
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, 4.71, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 58.19, 85.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% 0.0093 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.133 86)
XYZ	xyz(56.0531, 57.0086, 17.0664)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC157 #5784EE

analogous

#EE7557 #EEC157 #D0EE57

triadic

#EEC157 #57EEC1 #C157EE

tetradic

#EEC157 #57EE75 #5784EE #EE57D0

square

#EEC157 #57EE75 #5784EE #EE57D0

split-complementary

#EEC157 #57D0EE #7557EE

monochromatic

#B88713 #E8AC1F #EEC157 #F4D68F #F9EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EEC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#EEC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC157

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC157	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)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.133 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d38a',
    500: '#eec157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec157;
$custom-light: #f7d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.119,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83096,
    "c": 0.13308,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.57005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC157

secondary

#325AB7

accent

#47DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC157

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

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