#EEC359#EEC359

#EEC359 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.133 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC359
RGB	rgb(238, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, 3.80, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 57.80, 86.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% 0.0069 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.133 87)
XYZ	xyz(56.5811, 57.9320, 17.6511)
Luminance	0.5793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC359 #5984EE

analogous

#EE7959 #EEC359 #CEEE59

triadic

#EEC359 #59EEC3 #C359EE

tetradic

#EEC359 #59EE79 #5984EE #EE59CE

square

#EEC359 #59EE79 #5984EE #EE59CE

split-complementary

#EEC359 #59CEEE #7959EE

monochromatic

#BA8A13 #E8AF21 #EEC359 #F4D791 #F9EBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#EEC359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC359

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC359	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.133 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d48c',
    500: '#eec359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec359;
$custom-light: #f7d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.685,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83509,
    "c": 0.13252,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.57929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC359

secondary

#3359B9

accent

#45DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC359

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

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