#EEC381#EEC381

#EEC381 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.097 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC381
RGB	rgb(238, 195, 129)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(36, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 45.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, 7.02, 38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 39.47, 79.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% 0.0209 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.097 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.7396, 58.7954, 29.0193)
Luminance	0.5879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC381 #81ACEE

analogous

#EE8D81 #EEC381 #E3EE81

triadic

#EEC381 #81EEC3 #C381EE

tetradic

#EEC381 #81EE8D #81ACEE #EE81E3

square

#EEC381 #81EE8D #81ACEE #EE81E3

split-complementary

#EEC381 #81E3EE #8D81EE

monochromatic

#D88E1D #E7A94B #EEC381 #F5DDB7 #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#EEC381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC381

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC381	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C37C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 195, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.097 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d5a6',
    500: '#eec381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec381;
$custom-light: #f5d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.33,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84039,
    "c": 0.09691,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC381

secondary

#4B7CC8

accent

#5DD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC381

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

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