#EEC44F#EEC44F

#EEC44F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.141 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC44F
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 79)
HSL	hsl(44, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 66.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, 2.68, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 62.27, 87.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% 0.0024 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.141 89)
XYZ	xyz(56.4141, 58.2249, 15.6628)
Luminance	0.5822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC44F #4F79EE

analogous

#EE754F #EEC44F #C8EE4F

triadic

#EEC44F #4FEEC4 #C44FEE

tetradic

#EEC44F #4FEE75 #4F79EE #EE4FC8

square

#EEC44F #4FEE75 #4F79EE #EE4FC8

split-complementary

#EEC44F #4FC8EE #754FEE

monochromatic

#B18711 #E9B117 #EEC44F #F3D787 #F9E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#EEC44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC44F

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC44F	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)

#D9C241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.141 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d586',
    500: '#eec44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec44f;
$custom-light: #f7d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.151,
    "s": 82.383,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83609,
    "c": 0.14052,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.58222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC44F

secondary

#3052B2

accent

#40DF07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC44F

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

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