#EEC485#EEC485

#EEC485 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.093 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC485
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 133)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(36, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 44.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.49, 6.89, 37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.49, 37.82, 79.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% 0.0209 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.093 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.2355, 59.3535, 30.5220)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC485 #85AFEE

analogous

#EE8F85 #EEC485 #E4EE85

triadic

#EEC485 #85EEC4 #C485EE

tetradic

#EEC485 #85EE8F #85AFEE #EE85E4

square

#EEC485 #85EE8F #85AFEE #EE85E4

split-complementary

#EEC485 #85E4EE #8F85EE

monochromatic

#DA8F1E #E7AA4F #EEC485 #F5DEBB #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#EEC485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC485

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC485	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCF87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.093 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d5a9',
    500: '#eec485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec485;
$custom-light: #f5d5a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84299,
    "c": 0.09341,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC485

secondary

#4F7FC9

accent

#5FD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171410

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC485

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

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