#EEC45E#EEC45E

#EEC45E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.129 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC45E
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 94)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, 3.61, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 55.85, 86.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% 0.0069 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.129 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.0230, 58.4685, 18.8696)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC45E #5E88EE

analogous

#EE7C5E #EEC45E #D0EE5E

triadic

#EEC45E #5EEEC4 #C45EEE

tetradic

#EEC45E #5EEE7C #5E88EE #EE5ED0

square

#EEC45E #5EEE7C #5E88EE #EE5ED0

split-complementary

#EEC45E #5ED0EE #7C5EEE

monochromatic

#BE8C14 #E8B027 #EEC45E #F4D895 #FAEDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#EEC45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC45E

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC45E	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)

#D8C354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.129 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d58f',
    500: '#eec45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec45e;
$custom-light: #f7d58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83758,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC45E

secondary

#345CBC

accent

#46DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC45E

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

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