#EEC451#EEC451

#EEC451 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.139 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC451
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, 2.79, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 61.44, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% 0.003 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.139 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4880, 58.2545, 16.0519)
Luminance	0.5825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC451 #517BEE

analogous

#EE7551 #EEC451 #CAEE51

triadic

#EEC451 #51EEC4 #C451EE

tetradic

#EEC451 #51EE75 #517BEE #EE51CA

square

#EEC451 #51EE75 #517BEE #EE51CA

split-complementary

#EEC451 #51CAEE #7551EE

monochromatic

#B38811 #E9B119 #EEC451 #F3D789 #F9EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#EEC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC451

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC451	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)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.139 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d587',
    500: '#eec451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec451;
$custom-light: #f7d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.949,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83627,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC451

secondary

#3053B3

accent

#41DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC451

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

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