#EEC460#EEC460

#EEC460 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.127 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC460
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 96)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, 3.74, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 54.96, 86.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% 0.0076 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.127 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.1139, 58.5048, 19.3483)
Luminance	0.5850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC460 #608AEE

analogous

#EE7D60 #EEC460 #D1EE60

triadic

#EEC460 #60EEC4 #C460EE

tetradic

#EEC460 #60EE7D #608AEE #EE60D1

square

#EEC460 #60EE7D #608AEE #EE60D1

split-complementary

#EEC460 #60D1EE #7D60EE

monochromatic

#BF8D14 #E8AF29 #EEC460 #F4D997 #FAEDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#EEC460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC460

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC460	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)

#D8C356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.127 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d590',
    500: '#eec460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec460;
$custom-light: #f7d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83781,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC460

secondary

#355DBD

accent

#47DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC460

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

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