#EEC259#EEC259

#EEC259 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.132 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC259
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, 4.32, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 57.56, 85.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% 0.0084 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.132 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.3578, 57.4854, 17.5766)
Luminance	0.5748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC259 #5985EE

analogous

#EE7859 #EEC259 #D0EE59

triadic

#EEC259 #59EEC2 #C259EE

tetradic

#EEC259 #59EE78 #5985EE #EE59D0

square

#EEC259 #59EE78 #5985EE #EE59D0

split-complementary

#EEC259 #59D0EE #7859EE

monochromatic

#BA8813 #E8AE21 #EEC259 #F4D691 #F9EBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#EEC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC259

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC259	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.132 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d48c',
    500: '#eec259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec259;
$custom-light: #f7d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.282,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83312,
    "c": 0.13201,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC259

secondary

#335AB9

accent

#47DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC259

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

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