#EEC489#EEC489

#EEC489 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.090 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC489
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 137)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(35, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 42.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, 7.30, 35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 35.95, 78.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% 0.0224 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.09 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.5171, 59.4661, 32.0052)
Luminance	0.5946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC489 #89B3EE

analogous

#EE9189 #EEC489 #E5EE89

triadic

#EEC489 #89EEC4 #C489EE

tetradic

#EEC489 #89EE91 #89B3EE #EE89E5

square

#EEC489 #89EE91 #89B3EE #EE89E5

split-complementary

#EEC489 #89E5EE #9189EE

monochromatic

#DD8E20 #E6A954 #EEC489 #F6DFBE #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#EEC489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC489

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC489	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)

#D4C585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECF8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.090 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d5ac',
    500: '#eec489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec489;
$custom-light: #f5d5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.05,
    "s": 74.815,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84367,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC489

secondary

#5284C9

accent

#62D70F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171410

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC489

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

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