#EEC351#EEC351

#EEC351 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.139 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC351
RGB	rgb(238, 195, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, 3.31, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 61.20, 86.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% 0.0045 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.139 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2632, 57.8049, 15.9770)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC351 #517CEE

analogous

#EE7551 #EEC351 #CAEE51

triadic

#EEC351 #51EEC3 #C351EE

tetradic

#EEC351 #51EE75 #517CEE #EE51CA

square

#EEC351 #51EE75 #517CEE #EE51CA

split-complementary

#EEC351 #51CAEE #7551EE

monochromatic

#B38711 #E9B019 #EEC351 #F3D689 #F9E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#EEC351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC351

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC351	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 195, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.139 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d487',
    500: '#eec351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec351;
$custom-light: #f7d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.567,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8343,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC351

secondary

#3054B3

accent

#42DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC351

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

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