#EEC162#EEC162

#EEC162 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.124 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC162
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(41, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, 5.45, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 53.34, 84.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% 0.0128 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.124 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.5372, 57.2023, 19.6162)
Luminance	0.5720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC162 #628FEE

analogous

#EE7B62 #EEC162 #D5EE62

triadic

#EEC162 #62EEC1 #C162EE

tetradic

#EEC162 #62EE7B #628FEE #EE62D5

square

#EEC162 #62EE7B #628FEE #EE62D5

split-complementary

#EEC162 #62D5EE #7B62EE

monochromatic

#C18915 #E8AB2B #EEC162 #F4D799 #FAEDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EEC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#EEC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC162

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC162	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)

#D5C059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.124 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d391',
    500: '#eec162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec162;
$custom-light: #f7d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83217,
    "c": 0.12424,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC162

secondary

#3562BF

accent

#4DDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC162

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

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