#EEC264#EEC264

#EEC264 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.123 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC264
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 100)
HSL	hsl(41, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(41, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 58%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, 5.07, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 52.68, 84.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% 0.0119 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.123 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.8547, 57.6842, 20.1937)
Luminance	0.5768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC264 #6490EE

analogous

#EE7D64 #EEC264 #D5EE64

triadic

#EEC264 #64EEC2 #C264EE

tetradic

#EEC264 #64EE7D #6490EE #EE64D5

square

#EEC264 #64EE7D #6490EE #EE64D5

split-complementary

#EEC264 #64D5EE #7D64EE

monochromatic

#C28B15 #E8AC2D #EEC264 #F4D89B #FAEDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC264 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#EEC264 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC264

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC264	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC264	1.00	1.68	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C15B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec264;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.123 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d493',
    500: '#eec264',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec264;
$custom-light: #f7d493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec264",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.87,
    "s": 80.233,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83436,
    "c": 0.12302,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC264

secondary

#3662C0

accent

#4CDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC264

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

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