#EEC481#EEC481

#EEC481 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.097 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC481
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 129)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(37, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 45.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, 6.50, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 39.69, 80.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.23% 0.0193 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(84.23% 0.097 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.9644, 59.2450, 29.0942)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC481 #81ABEE

analogous

#EE8E81 #EEC481 #E1EE81

triadic

#EEC481 #81EEC4 #C481EE

tetradic

#EEC481 #81EE8E #81ABEE #EE81E1

square

#EEC481 #81EE8E #81ABEE #EE81E1

split-complementary

#EEC481 #81E1EE #8E81EE

monochromatic

#D8901D #E7AB4B #EEC481 #F5DDB7 #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#EEC481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC481

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC481	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C47C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCF83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.097 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d5a6',
    500: '#eec481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec481;
$custom-light: #f5d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.881,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84233,
    "c": 0.09729,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC481

secondary

#4B7BC8

accent

#5BD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC481

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

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