#EEC464#EEC464

#EEC464 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.124 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC464
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 100)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 58%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, 4.03, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 53.16, 85.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% 0.0089 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.124 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.3028, 58.5804, 20.3430)
Luminance	0.5858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC464 #648EEE

analogous

#EE7F64 #EEC464 #D3EE64

triadic

#EEC464 #64EEC4 #C464EE

tetradic

#EEC464 #64EE7F #648EEE #EE64D3

square

#EEC464 #64EE7F #648EEE #EE64D3

split-complementary

#EEC464 #64D3EE #7F64EE

monochromatic

#C28E15 #E8AF2D #EEC464 #F4D99B #FAEED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#EEC464 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC464

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC464	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.124 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d593',
    500: '#eec464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec464;
$custom-light: #f7d593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 80.233,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83827,
    "c": 0.12401,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC464

secondary

#3660C0

accent

#49DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC464

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

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