#EEC25D#EEC25D

#EEC25D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.129 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC25D
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 93)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 60.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, 4.58, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 55.81, 85.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% 0.0096 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.129 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.5303, 57.5544, 18.4854)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC25D #5D89EE

analogous

#EE795D #EEC25D #D2EE5D

triadic

#EEC25D #5DEEC2 #C25DEE

tetradic

#EEC25D #5DEE79 #5D89EE #EE5DD2

square

#EEC25D #5DEE79 #5D89EE #EE5DD2

split-complementary

#EEC25D #5DD2EE #795DEE

monochromatic

#BD8A14 #E8AD26 #EEC25D #F4D794 #FAECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC25D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#EEC25D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC25D

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC25D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC25D	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)

#D6C153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec25d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.129 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d48e',
    500: '#eec25d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec25d;
$custom-light: #f7d48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec25d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.793,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83355,
    "c": 0.12883,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC25D

secondary

#345DBB

accent

#49DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC25D

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

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