#EEC159#EEC159

#EEC159 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.132 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC159
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, 4.84, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 57.33, 85.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% 0.0099 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.132 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.1360, 57.0418, 17.5027)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC159 #5986EE

analogous

#EE7759 #EEC159 #D1EE59

triadic

#EEC159 #59EEC1 #C159EE

tetradic

#EEC159 #59EE77 #5986EE #EE59D1

square

#EEC159 #59EE77 #5986EE #EE59D1

split-complementary

#EEC159 #59D1EE #7759EE

monochromatic

#BA8713 #E8AC21 #EEC159 #F4D691 #F9EAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EEC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#EEC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC159

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC159	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.132 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d38c',
    500: '#eec159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec159;
$custom-light: #f7d38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.879,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83117,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC159

secondary

#335BB9

accent

#48DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC159

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

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