#EEC253#EEC253

#EEC253 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.137 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC253
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 65.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, 3.95, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 60.13, 86.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% 0.0066 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.137 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.1160, 57.3887, 16.3034)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC253 #537FEE

analogous

#EE7453 #EEC253 #CCEE53

triadic

#EEC253 #53EEC2 #C253EE

tetradic

#EEC253 #53EE74 #537FEE #EE53CC

square

#EEC253 #53EE74 #537FEE #EE53CC

split-complementary

#EEC253 #53CCEE #7453EE

monochromatic

#B58712 #E8AE1B #EEC253 #F4D68B #F9EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#EEC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC253

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC253	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.137 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d488',
    500: '#eec253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec253;
$custom-light: #f7d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.968,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83253,
    "c": 0.13659,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC253

secondary

#3156B4

accent

#44DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC253

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

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