#EEC362#EEC362

#EEC362 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.125 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC362
RGB	rgb(238, 195, 98)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, 4.40, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 53.82, 85.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% 0.0097 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.125 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.9824, 58.0925, 19.7645)
Luminance	0.5809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC362 #628DEE

analogous

#EE7D62 #EEC362 #D3EE62

triadic

#EEC362 #62EEC3 #C362EE

tetradic

#EEC362 #62EE7D #628DEE #EE62D3

square

#EEC362 #62EE7D #628DEE #EE62D3

split-complementary

#EEC362 #62D3EE #7D62EE

monochromatic

#C18C15 #E8AE2B #EEC362 #F4D899 #FAEDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#EEC362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC362

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC362	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 195, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.125 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d491',
    500: '#eec362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec362;
$custom-light: #f7d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.571,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83607,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC362

secondary

#3560BF

accent

#4ADD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC362

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

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