#EEC165#EEC165

#EEC165 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.122 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC165
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 101)
HSL	hsl(40, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, 5.66, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 51.99, 83.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% 0.0138 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.122 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.6816, 57.2600, 20.3762)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC165 #6592EE

analogous

#EE7D65 #EEC165 #D7EE65

triadic

#EEC165 #65EEC1 #C165EE

tetradic

#EEC165 #65EE7D #6592EE #EE65D7

square

#EEC165 #65EE7D #6592EE #EE65D7

split-complementary

#EEC165 #65D7EE #7D65EE

monochromatic

#C38A16 #E8AB2E #EEC165 #F4D79C #FAEDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EEC165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#EEC165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC165

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC165	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.122 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d393',
    500: '#eec165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec165;
$custom-light: #f7d393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.292,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83253,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC165

secondary

#3664C1

accent

#4EDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC165

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

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