#EEC487#EEC487

#EEC487 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.091 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC487
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 135)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(36, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 43.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, 7.10, 36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 36.89, 78.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% 0.0217 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.091 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.3750, 59.4093, 31.2566)
Luminance	0.5941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC487 #87B1EE

analogous

#EE9087 #EEC487 #E4EE87

triadic

#EEC487 #87EEC4 #C487EE

tetradic

#EEC487 #87EE90 #87B1EE #EE87E4

square

#EEC487 #87EE90 #87B1EE #EE87E4

split-complementary

#EEC487 #87E4EE #9087EE

monochromatic

#DC8F1F #E6AA51 #EEC487 #F6DEBD #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#EEC487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC487

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC487	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECF89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.091 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d5aa',
    500: '#eec487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec487;
$custom-light: #f5d5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.534,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84333,
    "c": 0.09146,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC487

secondary

#5081C9

accent

#60D70E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171410

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC487

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

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