#EEC257#EEC257

#EEC257 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.134 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC257
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, 4.19, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 58.42, 85.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% 0.0078 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.134 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.2749, 57.4523, 17.1403)
Luminance	0.5745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC257 #5783EE

analogous

#EE7657 #EEC257 #CEEE57

triadic

#EEC257 #57EEC2 #C257EE

tetradic

#EEC257 #57EE76 #5783EE #EE57CE

square

#EEC257 #57EE76 #5783EE #EE57CE

split-complementary

#EEC257 #57CEEE #7657EE

monochromatic

#B88813 #E8AE1F #EEC257 #F4D68F #F9EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#EEC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC257

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC257	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)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.134 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d48a',
    500: '#eec257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec257;
$custom-light: #f7d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.517,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83292,
    "c": 0.13357,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC257

secondary

#3259B7

accent

#46DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC257

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

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