#EEC491#EEC491

#EEC491 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.082 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC491
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 145)
HSL	hsl(33, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(33, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 39.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, 8.16, 31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 32.27, 75.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% 0.0256 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.082 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.1124, 59.7042, 35.1403)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC491 #91BBEE

analogous

#EE9591 #EEC491 #EAEE91

triadic

#EEC491 #91EEC4 #C491EE

tetradic

#EEC491 #91EE95 #91BBEE #EE91EA

square

#EEC491 #91EE95 #91BBEE #EE91EA

split-complementary

#EEC491 #91EAEE #9591EE

monochromatic

#DE8B27 #E6A85C #EEC491 #F6E0C6 #FBF1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#EEC491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC491

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC491	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C58D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCF92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.082 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d5b1',
    500: '#eec491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec491;
$custom-light: #f5d5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.903,
    "s": 73.228,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84512,
    "c": 0.08176,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC491

secondary

#5A8CCA

accent

#69D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC491

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

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