#EEC461#EEC461

#EEC461 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.127 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC461
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, 3.81, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 54.51, 85.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% 0.0079 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.127 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.1602, 58.5234, 19.5924)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC461 #618BEE

analogous

#EE7D61 #EEC461 #D1EE61

triadic

#EEC461 #61EEC4 #C461EE

tetradic

#EEC461 #61EE7D #618BEE #EE61D1

square

#EEC461 #61EE7D #618BEE #EE61D1

split-complementary

#EEC461 #61D1EE #7D61EE

monochromatic

#C08D15 #E8AF2A #EEC461 #F4D998 #FAEDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#EEC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC461

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC461	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)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.127 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d591',
    500: '#eec461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec461;
$custom-light: #f7d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83792,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC461

secondary

#355EBE

accent

#48DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC461

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

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