#EEC465#EEC465

#EEC465 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.123 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC465
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 101)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, 4.10, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 52.71, 85.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% 0.0092 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.123 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.3515, 58.5999, 20.5995)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC465 #658FEE

analogous

#EE8065 #EEC465 #D4EE65

triadic

#EEC465 #65EEC4 #C465EE

tetradic

#EEC465 #65EE80 #658FEE #EE65D4

square

#EEC465 #65EE80 #658FEE #EE65D4

split-complementary

#EEC465 #65D4EE #8065EE

monochromatic

#C38E16 #E8AF2E #EEC465 #F4D99C #FAEED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#EEC465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC465

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC465	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)

#D8C35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.123 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d593',
    500: '#eec465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec465;
$custom-light: #f7d593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.606,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83839,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC465

secondary

#3661C1

accent

#4ADC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC465

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

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