#EEC488#EEC488

#EEC488 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.090 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC488
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 136)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(35, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 42.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, 7.20, 35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 36.42, 78.60°)
OKLab	oklab(84.35% 0.022 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(84.35% 0.09 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.4457, 59.4376, 31.6292)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC488 #88B2EE

analogous

#EE9188 #EEC488 #E5EE88

triadic

#EEC488 #88EEC4 #C488EE

tetradic

#EEC488 #88EE91 #88B2EE #EE88E5

square

#EEC488 #88EE91 #88B2EE #EE88E5

split-complementary

#EEC488 #88E5EE #9188EE

monochromatic

#DC8E1F #E6A952 #EEC488 #F6DFBE #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#EEC488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC488

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC488	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECF89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.090 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d5ab',
    500: '#eec488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec488;
$custom-light: #f5d5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8435,
    "c": 0.09049,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC488

secondary

#5183C9

accent

#61D70E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171410

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC488

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

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