#EEC450#EEC450

#EEC450 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.140 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC450
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 80)
HSL	hsl(44, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 66.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, 2.74, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 61.86, 87.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% 0.0027 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.14 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.4508, 58.2396, 15.8559)
Luminance	0.5824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC450 #507AEE

analogous

#EE7550 #EEC450 #C9EE50

triadic

#EEC450 #50EEC4 #C450EE

tetradic

#EEC450 #50EE75 #507AEE #EE50C9

square

#EEC450 #50EE75 #507AEE #EE50C9

split-complementary

#EEC450 #50C9EE #7550EE

monochromatic

#B28711 #E9B118 #EEC450 #F3D788 #F9EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#EEC450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC450

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC450	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.140 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d586',
    500: '#eec450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec450;
$custom-light: #f7d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.051,
    "s": 82.292,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83618,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC450

secondary

#3053B2

accent

#40DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC450

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

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