#EEC161#EEC161

#EEC161 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.125 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC161
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(41, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, 5.37, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 53.79, 84.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% 0.0124 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.125 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.4903, 57.1835, 19.3690)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC161 #618EEE

analogous

#EE7A61 #EEC161 #D4EE61

triadic

#EEC161 #61EEC1 #C161EE

tetradic

#EEC161 #61EE7A #618EEE #EE61D4

square

#EEC161 #61EE7A #618EEE #EE61D4

split-complementary

#EEC161 #61D4EE #7A61EE

monochromatic

#C08915 #E8AB2A #EEC161 #F4D798 #FAECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EEC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#EEC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC161

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC161	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.125 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d391',
    500: '#eec161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec161;
$custom-light: #f7d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83205,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC161

secondary

#3561BE

accent

#4CDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC161

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

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