#EEC25E#EEC25E

#EEC25E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.128 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC25E
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 94)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, 4.65, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 55.36, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% 0.0099 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.128 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5749, 57.5722, 18.7202)
Luminance	0.5757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC25E #5E8AEE

analogous

#EE7A5E #EEC25E #D2EE5E

triadic

#EEC25E #5EEEC2 #C25EEE

tetradic

#EEC25E #5EEE7A #5E8AEE #EE5ED2

square

#EEC25E #5EEE7A #5E8AEE #EE5ED2

split-complementary

#EEC25E #5ED2EE #7A5EEE

monochromatic

#BE8A14 #E8AD27 #EEC25E #F4D795 #FAECCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC25E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#EEC25E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC25E

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC25E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC25E	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)

#D6C154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec25e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.128 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d48f',
    500: '#eec25e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec25e;
$custom-light: #f7d48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec25e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83366,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC25E

secondary

#345EBC

accent

#49DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC25E

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

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