#EEC35B#EEC35B

#EEC35B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.131 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC35B
RGB	rgb(238, 195, 91)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, 3.93, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 56.93, 86.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% 0.0075 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.131 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.6662, 57.9661, 18.0994)
Luminance	0.5796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC35B #5B86EE

analogous

#EE7A5B #EEC35B #CFEE5B

triadic

#EEC35B #5BEEC3 #C35BEE

tetradic

#EEC35B #5BEE7A #5B86EE #EE5BCF

square

#EEC35B #5BEE7A #5B86EE #EE5BCF

split-complementary

#EEC35B #5BCFEE #7A5BEE

monochromatic

#BB8A13 #E8AF24 #EEC35B #F4D792 #F9ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#EEC35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC35B

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC35B	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)

#D8C250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 195, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.131 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d48d',
    500: '#eec35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec35b;
$custom-light: #f7d48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8353,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC35B

secondary

#335BBA

accent

#46DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC35B

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

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