#EEC24D#EEC24D

#EEC24D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.141 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC24D
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 77)
HSL	hsl(44, 83%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 67.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, 3.61, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 62.62, 86.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% 0.0049 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.141 88)
XYZ	xyz(55.8943, 57.3000, 15.1357)
Luminance	0.5730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC24D #4D79EE

analogous

#EE714D #EEC24D #CAEE4D

triadic

#EEC24D #4DEEC2 #C24DEE

tetradic

#EEC24D #4DEE71 #4D79EE #EE4DCA

square

#EEC24D #4DEE71 #4D79EE #EE4DCA

split-complementary

#EEC24D #4DCAEE #714DEE

monochromatic

#B08411 #E8AE16 #EEC24D #F3D585 #F9E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EEC24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#EEC24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC24D

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC24D	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.141 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d484',
    500: '#eec24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec24d;
$custom-light: #f8d484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.602,
    "s": 82.564,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83197,
    "c": 0.14089,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.57297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC24D

secondary

#2F52B0

accent

#42DF07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC24D

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

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