#EEC457#EEC457

#EEC457 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.135 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC457
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, 3.15, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 58.91, 86.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% 0.0047 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.135 88)
XYZ	xyz(56.7230, 58.3485, 17.2897)
Luminance	0.5835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC457 #5781EE

analogous

#EE7857 #EEC457 #CDEE57

triadic

#EEC457 #57EEC4 #C457EE

tetradic

#EEC457 #57EE78 #5781EE #EE57CD

square

#EEC457 #57EE78 #5781EE #EE57CD

split-complementary

#EEC457 #57CDEE #7857EE

monochromatic

#B88A13 #E8B01F #EEC457 #F4D88F #F9EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#EEC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC457

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC457	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.135 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d58b',
    500: '#eec457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec457;
$custom-light: #f7d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.311,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83685,
    "c": 0.13459,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.58345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC457

secondary

#3257B7

accent

#43DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC457

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

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