#EEC357#EEC357

#EEC357 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.134 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC357
RGB	rgb(238, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, 3.67, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 58.66, 86.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% 0.0062 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.134 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.4982, 57.8989, 17.2147)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC357 #5782EE

analogous

#EE7757 #EEC357 #CDEE57

triadic

#EEC357 #57EEC3 #C357EE

tetradic

#EEC357 #57EE77 #5782EE #EE57CD

square

#EEC357 #57EE77 #5782EE #EE57CD

split-complementary

#EEC357 #57CDEE #7757EE

monochromatic

#B88913 #E8AF1F #EEC357 #F4D78F #F9EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#EEC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC357

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC357	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)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.134 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d48a',
    500: '#eec357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec357;
$custom-light: #f7d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.914,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83488,
    "c": 0.13407,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC357

secondary

#3258B7

accent

#45DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC357

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

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