#EEC356#EEC356

#EEC356 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.135 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC356
RGB	rgb(238, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, 3.61, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 59.09, 86.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% 0.0059 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.135 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.4577, 57.8826, 17.0011)
Luminance	0.5788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC356 #5681EE

analogous

#EE7756 #EEC356 #CDEE56

triadic

#EEC356 #56EEC3 #C356EE

tetradic

#EEC356 #56EE77 #5681EE #EE56CD

square

#EEC356 #56EE77 #5681EE #EE56CD

split-complementary

#EEC356 #56CDEE #7756EE

monochromatic

#B78912 #E8AF1E #EEC356 #F4D78E #F9EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#EEC356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC356

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC356	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.135 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d48a',
    500: '#eec356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec356;
$custom-light: #f7d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.026,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83478,
    "c": 0.13483,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC356

secondary

#3257B7

accent

#44DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC356

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

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