#EEC44B#EEC44B

#EEC44B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.143 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC44B
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 68.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, 2.47, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 63.89, 87.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% 0.0013 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.143 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.2729, 58.1684, 14.9189)
Luminance	0.5817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC44B #4B75EE

analogous

#EE734B #EEC44B #C7EE4B

triadic

#EEC44B #4BEEC4 #C44BEE

tetradic

#EEC44B #4BEE73 #4B75EE #EE4BC7

square

#EEC44B #4BEE73 #4B75EE #EE4BC7

split-complementary

#EEC44B #4BC7EE #734BEE

monochromatic

#AE8610 #E6B016 #EEC44B #F3D683 #F9E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#EEC44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC44B

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC44B	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.143 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d583',
    500: '#eec44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec44b;
$custom-light: #f8d583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.54,
    "s": 82.741,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83574,
    "c": 0.14331,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC44B

secondary

#2F50AF

accent

#3EDF06

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC44B

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

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