#EEC45D#EEC45D

#EEC45D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.130 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC45D
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 93)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 60.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, 3.54, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 56.29, 86.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% 0.0066 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.13 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9784, 58.4506, 18.6348)
Luminance	0.5845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC45D #5D87EE

analogous

#EE7C5D #EEC45D #CFEE5D

triadic

#EEC45D #5DEEC4 #C45DEE

tetradic

#EEC45D #5DEE7C #5D87EE #EE5DCF

square

#EEC45D #5DEE7C #5D87EE #EE5DCF

split-complementary

#EEC45D #5DCFEE #7C5DEE

monochromatic

#BD8C14 #E8B026 #EEC45D #F4D894 #FAECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#EEC45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC45D

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC45D	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	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)

#D8C352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.130 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d58e',
    500: '#eec45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec45d;
$custom-light: #f7d58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.621,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83747,
    "c": 0.12985,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC45D

secondary

#345BBB

accent

#46DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC45D

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

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