#EEC256#EEC256

#EEC256 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.134 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC256
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, 4.13, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 58.85, 85.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% 0.0075 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.134 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.2343, 57.4360, 16.9266)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC256 #5682EE

analogous

#EE7656 #EEC256 #CEEE56

triadic

#EEC256 #56EEC2 #C256EE

tetradic

#EEC256 #56EE76 #5682EE #EE56CE

square

#EEC256 #56EE76 #5682EE #EE56CE

split-complementary

#EEC256 #56CEEE #7656EE

monochromatic

#B78712 #E8AE1E #EEC256 #F4D68E #F9EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#EEC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC256

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC256	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.134 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d48a',
    500: '#eec256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec256;
$custom-light: #f7d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.632,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83282,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC256

secondary

#3258B7

accent

#46DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC256

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

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