#EEC45C#EEC45C

#EEC45C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.131 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC45C
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 92)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 61.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, 3.47, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 56.73, 86.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% 0.0063 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.131 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.9344, 58.4330, 18.4030)
Luminance	0.5843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC45C #5C86EE

analogous

#EE7B5C #EEC45C #CFEE5C

triadic

#EEC45C #5CEEC4 #C45CEE

tetradic

#EEC45C #5CEE7B #5C86EE #EE5CCF

square

#EEC45C #5CEE7B #5C86EE #EE5CCF

split-complementary

#EEC45C #5CCFEE #7B5CEE

monochromatic

#BC8C14 #E8B025 #EEC45C #F4D893 #FAECCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#EEC45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC45C

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC45C	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.131 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d58e',
    500: '#eec45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec45c;
$custom-light: #f7d58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.74,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83737,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC45C

secondary

#335ABB

accent

#45DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC45C

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

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