#EEC44E#EEC44E

#EEC44E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.141 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC44E
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(44, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 67.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, 2.63, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 62.68, 87.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% 0.0021 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.141 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3780, 58.2105, 15.4725)
Luminance	0.5821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC44E #4E78EE

analogous

#EE744E #EEC44E #C8EE4E

triadic

#EEC44E #4EEEC4 #C44EEE

tetradic

#EEC44E #4EEE74 #4E78EE #EE4EC8

square

#EEC44E #4EEE74 #4E78EE #EE4EC8

split-complementary

#EEC44E #4EC8EE #744EEE

monochromatic

#B18711 #E8B116 #EEC44E #F3D786 #F9E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#EEC44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC44E

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC44E	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.141 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d585',
    500: '#eec44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec44e;
$custom-light: #f7d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.25,
    "s": 82.474,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.836,
    "c": 0.14123,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC44E

secondary

#2F51B1

accent

#3FDF07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC44E

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

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