#EEC251#EEC251

#EEC251 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.138 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC251
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, 3.83, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 60.97, 86.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% 0.006 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.138 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0399, 57.3582, 15.9026)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC251 #517DEE

analogous

#EE7451 #EEC251 #CBEE51

triadic

#EEC251 #51EEC2 #C251EE

tetradic

#EEC251 #51EE74 #517DEE #EE51CB

square

#EEC251 #51EE74 #517DEE #EE51CB

split-complementary

#EEC251 #51CBEE #7451EE

monochromatic

#B38611 #E9AE19 #EEC251 #F3D689 #F9E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#EEC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC251

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC251	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.138 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d487',
    500: '#eec251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec251;
$custom-light: #f7d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.185,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83234,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC251

secondary

#3055B3

accent

#43DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC251

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

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