#EEC258#EEC258

#EEC258 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.133 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC258
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 88)
HSL	hsl(42, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 63%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, 4.25, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 57.99, 85.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% 0.0081 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.133 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.3161, 57.4687, 17.3570)
Luminance	0.5746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC258 #5884EE

analogous

#EE7758 #EEC258 #CFEE58

triadic

#EEC258 #58EEC2 #C258EE

tetradic

#EEC258 #58EE77 #5884EE #EE58CF

square

#EEC258 #58EE77 #5884EE #EE58CF

split-complementary

#EEC258 #58CFEE #7758EE

monochromatic

#B98813 #E8AE20 #EEC258 #F4D690 #F9EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#EEC258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC258

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC258	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)

#D7C14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.133 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d48b',
    500: '#eec258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec258;
$custom-light: #f7d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.4,
    "s": 81.522,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83302,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC258

secondary

#3259B8

accent

#46DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC258

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

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