#EEC45B#EEC45B

#EEC45B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.131 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC45B
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 91)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, 3.41, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 57.17, 86.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% 0.006 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.131 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.8910, 58.4157, 18.1743)
Luminance	0.5841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC45B #5B85EE

analogous

#EE7B5B #EEC45B #CFEE5B

triadic

#EEC45B #5BEEC4 #C45BEE

tetradic

#EEC45B #5BEE7B #5B85EE #EE5BCF

square

#EEC45B #5BEE7B #5B85EE #EE5BCF

split-complementary

#EEC45B #5BCFEE #7B5BEE

monochromatic

#BB8B13 #E8B024 #EEC45B #F4D892 #F9ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#EEC45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC45B

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC45B	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)

#D8C250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.131 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d58d',
    500: '#eec45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec45b;
$custom-light: #f7d58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83726,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC45B

secondary

#335ABA

accent

#45DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC45B

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

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