#EEC15C#EEC15C

#EEC15C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.129 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC15C
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 92)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 61.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, 5.03, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 56.01, 84.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% 0.0108 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.129 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2645, 57.0932, 18.1797)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC15C #5C89EE

analogous

#EE785C #EEC15C #D2EE5C

triadic

#EEC15C #5CEEC1 #C15CEE

tetradic

#EEC15C #5CEE78 #5C89EE #EE5CD2

square

#EEC15C #5CEE78 #5C89EE #EE5CD2

split-complementary

#EEC15C #5CD2EE #785CEE

monochromatic

#BC8814 #E8AC25 #EEC15C #F4D693 #FAEBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EEC15C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#EEC15C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC15C

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC15C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC15C	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec15c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.129 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d38d',
    500: '#eec15c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec15c;
$custom-light: #f7d38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec15c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.507,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83149,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC15C

secondary

#335DBB

accent

#4ADD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC15C

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

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