#EEC266#EEC266

#EEC266 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.121 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC266
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 102)
HSL	hsl(41, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 57.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, 5.22, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 51.77, 84.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% 0.0126 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.121 84)
XYZ	xyz(56.9527, 57.7233, 20.7097)
Luminance	0.5772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC266 #6692EE

analogous

#EE7E66 #EEC266 #D6EE66

triadic

#EEC266 #66EEC2 #C266EE

tetradic

#EEC266 #66EE7E #6692EE #EE66D6

square

#EEC266 #66EE7E #6692EE #EE66D6

split-complementary

#EEC266 #66D6EE #7E66EE

monochromatic

#C48C16 #E8AC2F #EEC266 #F4D89D #FAEED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#EEC266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC266

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC266	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)

#D6C15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.121 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d494',
    500: '#eec266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec266;
$custom-light: #f7d494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8346,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.5772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC266

secondary

#3764C2

accent

#4DDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC266

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

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