#EEC181#EEC181

#EEC181 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.096 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC181
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 129)
HSL	hsl(35, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(35, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 45.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, 8.06, 38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 39.05, 78.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% 0.024 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.096 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.2945, 57.9052, 28.8709)
Luminance	0.5790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC181 #81AEEE

analogous

#EE8B81 #EEC181 #E5EE81

triadic

#EEC181 #81EEC1 #C181EE

tetradic

#EEC181 #81EE8B #81AEEE #EE81E5

square

#EEC181 #81EE8B #81AEEE #EE81E5

split-complementary

#EEC181 #81E5EE #8B81EE

monochromatic

#D88B1D #E7A64B #EEC181 #F5DCB7 #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#EEC181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC181

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC181	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C27C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCD83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.096 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d3a6',
    500: '#eec181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec181;
$custom-light: #f6d3a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.229,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83652,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC181

secondary

#4B7FC8

accent

#61D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC181

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

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