#EEC25C#EEC25C

#EEC25C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.130 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC25C
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 92)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 61.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, 4.51, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 56.25, 85.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% 0.0093 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.13 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.4863, 57.5368, 18.2536)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC25C #5C88EE

analogous

#EE795C #EEC25C #D1EE5C

triadic

#EEC25C #5CEEC2 #C25CEE

tetradic

#EEC25C #5CEE79 #5C88EE #EE5CD1

square

#EEC25C #5CEE79 #5C88EE #EE5CD1

split-complementary

#EEC25C #5CD1EE #795CEE

monochromatic

#BC8914 #E8AD25 #EEC25C #F4D793 #FAEBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC25C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#EEC25C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC25C

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC25C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC25C	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec25c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.130 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d48e',
    500: '#eec25c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec25c;
$custom-light: #f7d48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec25c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83344,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC25C

secondary

#335CBB

accent

#48DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC25C

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

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