#EEC261#EEC261

#EEC261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.126 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC261
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(41, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, 4.85, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 54.03, 84.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% 0.0109 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.126 85)
XYZ	xyz(56.7121, 57.6271, 19.4430)
Luminance	0.5762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC261 #618DEE

analogous

#EE7C61 #EEC261 #D3EE61

triadic

#EEC261 #61EEC2 #C261EE

tetradic

#EEC261 #61EE7C #618DEE #EE61D3

square

#EEC261 #61EE7C #618DEE #EE61D3

split-complementary

#EEC261 #61D3EE #7C61EE

monochromatic

#C08A15 #E8AD2A #EEC261 #F4D798 #FAEDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#EEC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC261

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC261	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.126 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d491',
    500: '#eec261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec261;
$custom-light: #f7d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.277,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.834,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.57624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC261

secondary

#3560BE

accent

#4BDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC261

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

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