#EEC462#EEC462

#EEC462 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.126 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC462
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, 3.88, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 54.06, 85.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% 0.0082 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.126 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2072, 58.5421, 19.8395)
Luminance	0.5854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC462 #628CEE

analogous

#EE7E62 #EEC462 #D2EE62

triadic

#EEC462 #62EEC4 #C462EE

tetradic

#EEC462 #62EE7E #628CEE #EE62D2

square

#EEC462 #62EE7E #628CEE #EE62D2

split-complementary

#EEC462 #62D2EE #7E62EE

monochromatic

#C18D15 #E8AF2B #EEC462 #F4D999 #FAEED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#EEC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC462

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC462	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.126 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d591',
    500: '#eec462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec462;
$custom-light: #f7d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83803,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC462

secondary

#355FBF

accent

#48DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC462

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

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