#EEC281#EEC281

#EEC281 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.097 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC281
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 129)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(36, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 45.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, 7.54, 38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 39.26, 78.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% 0.0224 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.097 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.5163, 58.3488, 28.9449)
Luminance	0.5835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC281 #81ADEE

analogous

#EE8C81 #EEC281 #E4EE81

triadic

#EEC281 #81EEC2 #C281EE

tetradic

#EEC281 #81EE8C #81ADEE #EE81E4

square

#EEC281 #81EE8C #81ADEE #EE81E4

split-complementary

#EEC281 #81E4EE #8C81EE

monochromatic

#D88C1D #E7A84B #EEC281 #F5DCB7 #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#EEC281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC281

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC281	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C37C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.097 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d4a6',
    500: '#eec281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec281;
$custom-light: #f6d4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.78,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83845,
    "c": 0.09655,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC281

secondary

#4B7EC8

accent

#5FD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC281

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

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