#EEC255#EEC255

#EEC255 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.135 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC255
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, 4.07, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 59.28, 86.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% 0.0072 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.135 87)
XYZ	xyz(56.1943, 57.4200, 16.7159)
Luminance	0.5742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC255 #5581EE

analogous

#EE7555 #EEC255 #CDEE55

triadic

#EEC255 #55EEC2 #C255EE

tetradic

#EEC255 #55EE75 #5581EE #EE55CD

square

#EEC255 #55EE75 #5581EE #EE55CD

split-complementary

#EEC255 #55CDEE #7555EE

monochromatic

#B68712 #E8AE1D #EEC255 #F4D68D #F9EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#EEC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC255

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC255	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)

#D7C149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.135 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d489',
    500: '#eec255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec255;
$custom-light: #f7d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.745,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83272,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.57417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC255

secondary

#3157B6

accent

#45DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC255

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

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