#EEC15A#EEC15A

#EEC15A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.131 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC15A
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 90)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, 4.90, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 56.89, 85.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% 0.0102 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.131 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.1782, 57.0587, 17.7253)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC15A #5A87EE

analogous

#EE775A #EEC15A #D1EE5A

triadic

#EEC15A #5AEEC1 #C15AEE

tetradic

#EEC15A #5AEE77 #5A87EE #EE5AD1

square

#EEC15A #5AEE77 #5A87EE #EE5AD1

split-complementary

#EEC15A #5AD1EE #775AEE

monochromatic

#BA8813 #E8AC23 #EEC15A #F4D691 #F9EBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EEC15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#EEC15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC15A

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC15A	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)

#D6C04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.131 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d38c',
    500: '#eec15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec15a;
$custom-light: #f7d38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.757,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83127,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC15A

secondary

#335CB9

accent

#49DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC15A

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

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