#EEC160#EEC160

#EEC160 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.126 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC160
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 96)
HSL	hsl(41, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, 5.30, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 54.24, 84.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% 0.0121 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.126 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.4440, 57.1650, 19.1250)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC160 #608DEE

analogous

#EE7A60 #EEC160 #D4EE60

triadic

#EEC160 #60EEC1 #C160EE

tetradic

#EEC160 #60EE7A #608DEE #EE60D4

square

#EEC160 #60EE7A #608DEE #EE60D4

split-complementary

#EEC160 #60D4EE #7A60EE

monochromatic

#BF8914 #E8AB29 #EEC160 #F4D797 #FAECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EEC160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#EEC160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC160

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC160	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.126 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d390',
    500: '#eec160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec160;
$custom-light: #f7d390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.986,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83193,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC160

secondary

#3560BD

accent

#4CDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC160

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

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