#EEC262#EEC262

#EEC262 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.125 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC262
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(41, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, 4.92, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 53.58, 84.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% 0.0113 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.125 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.7591, 57.6459, 19.6901)
Luminance	0.5764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC262 #628EEE

analogous

#EE7C62 #EEC262 #D4EE62

triadic

#EEC262 #62EEC2 #C262EE

tetradic

#EEC262 #62EE7C #628EEE #EE62D4

square

#EEC262 #62EE7C #628EEE #EE62D4

split-complementary

#EEC262 #62D4EE #7C62EE

monochromatic

#C18B15 #E8AD2B #EEC262 #F4D799 #FAEDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#EEC262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC262

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC262	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.125 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d491',
    500: '#eec262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec262;
$custom-light: #f7d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.143,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83412,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC262

secondary

#3561BF

accent

#4BDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC262

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →