#EEC480#EEC480

#EEC480 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.098 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC480
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 128)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(37, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 46.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, 6.40, 39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 40.16, 80.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% 0.019 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.098 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.8983, 59.2186, 28.7459)
Luminance	0.5922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC480 #80AAEE

analogous

#EE8D80 #EEC480 #E1EE80

triadic

#EEC480 #80EEC4 #C480EE

tetradic

#EEC480 #80EE8D #80AAEE #EE80E1

square

#EEC480 #80EE8D #80AAEE #EE80E1

split-complementary

#EEC480 #80E1EE #8D80EE

monochromatic

#D7901D #E7AB4A #EEC480 #F5DDB6 #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#EEC480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC480

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC480	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C47B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCF82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.098 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d5a6',
    500: '#eec480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec480;
$custom-light: #f6d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.091,
    "s": 76.389,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84217,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC480

secondary

#4A7AC8

accent

#5BD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC480

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

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