#EEC459#EEC459

#EEC459 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.133 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC459
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, 3.28, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 58.04, 86.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% 0.0054 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.133 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.8059, 58.3816, 17.7260)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC459 #5983EE

analogous

#EE7A59 #EEC459 #CEEE59

triadic

#EEC459 #59EEC4 #C459EE

tetradic

#EEC459 #59EE7A #5983EE #EE59CE

square

#EEC459 #59EE7A #5983EE #EE59CE

split-complementary

#EEC459 #59CEEE #7A59EE

monochromatic

#BA8B13 #E8B021 #EEC459 #F4D891 #F9EBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#EEC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC459

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC459	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.133 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d58c',
    500: '#eec459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec459;
$custom-light: #f7d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.087,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83705,
    "c": 0.13304,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC459

secondary

#3358B9

accent

#44DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC459

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

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