#EEC45F#EEC45F

#EEC45F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.128 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC45F
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 95)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 60.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, 3.67, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 55.41, 86.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% 0.0072 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.128 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.0682, 58.4865, 19.1074)
Luminance	0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC45F #5F89EE

analogous

#EE7D5F #EEC45F #D0EE5F

triadic

#EEC45F #5FEEC4 #C45FEE

tetradic

#EEC45F #5FEE7D #5F89EE #EE5FD0

square

#EEC45F #5FEE7D #5F89EE #EE5FD0

split-complementary

#EEC45F #5FD0EE #7D5FEE

monochromatic

#BE8C14 #E8B028 #EEC45F #F4D896 #FAEDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#EEC45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC45F

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC45F	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.128 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d590',
    500: '#eec45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec45f;
$custom-light: #f7d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.378,
    "s": 80.791,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83769,
    "c": 0.1282,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC45F

secondary

#345CBD

accent

#47DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC45F

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

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