#EEC35D#EEC35D

#EEC35D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.129 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC35D
RGB	rgb(238, 195, 93)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 60.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, 4.06, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 56.05, 85.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% 0.0081 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.129 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.7536, 58.0010, 18.5598)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC35D #5D88EE

analogous

#EE7B5D #EEC35D #D1EE5D

triadic

#EEC35D #5DEEC3 #C35DEE

tetradic

#EEC35D #5DEE7B #5D88EE #EE5DD1

square

#EEC35D #5DEE7B #5D88EE #EE5DD1

split-complementary

#EEC35D #5DD1EE #7B5DEE

monochromatic

#BD8B14 #E8AE26 #EEC35D #F4D894 #FAECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#EEC35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC35D

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC35D	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 195, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.129 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d48e',
    500: '#eec35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec35d;
$custom-light: #f7d48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.207,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83551,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC35D

secondary

#345CBB

accent

#47DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC35D

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

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