#EEC45A#EEC45A

#EEC45A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.132 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC45A
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 90)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, 3.34, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 57.61, 86.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% 0.0057 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.132 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.8481, 58.3985, 17.9486)
Luminance	0.5839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC45A #5A84EE

analogous

#EE7A5A #EEC45A #CEEE5A

triadic

#EEC45A #5AEEC4 #C45AEE

tetradic

#EEC45A #5AEE7A #5A84EE #EE5ACE

square

#EEC45A #5AEE7A #5A84EE #EE5ACE

split-complementary

#EEC45A #5ACEEE #7A5AEE

monochromatic

#BA8B13 #E8B023 #EEC45A #F4D891 #F9ECC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#EEC45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC45A

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC45A	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)

#D9C24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.132 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d58c',
    500: '#eec45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec45a;
$custom-light: #f7d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.973,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83715,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC45A

secondary

#3359B9

accent

#45DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC45A

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

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