#EEC280#EEC280

#EEC280 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.098 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC280
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 128)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(36, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 46.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, 7.44, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 39.72, 79.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% 0.022 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.098 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.4501, 58.3223, 28.5965)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC280 #80ACEE

analogous

#EE8B80 #EEC280 #E3EE80

triadic

#EEC280 #80EEC2 #C280EE

tetradic

#EEC280 #80EE8B #80ACEE #EE80E3

square

#EEC280 #80EE8B #80ACEE #EE80E3

split-complementary

#EEC280 #80E3EE #8B80EE

monochromatic

#D78C1D #E7A84A #EEC280 #F5DCB6 #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#EEC280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC280

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC280	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C37B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.098 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d4a6',
    500: '#eec280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec280;
$custom-light: #f6d4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 76.389,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83829,
    "c": 0.0975,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC280

secondary

#4A7CC8

accent

#5ED90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC280

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

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