#EEC265#EEC265

#EEC265 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.122 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC265
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 101)
HSL	hsl(41, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(41, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, 5.14, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 52.22, 84.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% 0.0123 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.122 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.9034, 57.7036, 20.4501)
Luminance	0.5770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC265 #6591EE

analogous

#EE7E65 #EEC265 #D6EE65

triadic

#EEC265 #65EEC2 #C265EE

tetradic

#EEC265 #65EE7E #6591EE #EE65D6

square

#EEC265 #65EE7E #6591EE #EE65D6

split-complementary

#EEC265 #65D6EE #7E65EE

monochromatic

#C38B16 #E8AC2E #EEC265 #F4D89C #FAEED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#EEC265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC265

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC265	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	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)

#D6C15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.122 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d493',
    500: '#eec265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec265;
$custom-light: #f7d493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.73,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83448,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC265

secondary

#3663C1

accent

#4DDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC265

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

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