#EEC54B#EEC54B

#EEC54B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.144 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC54B
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 68.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, 1.95, 64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 64.13, 88.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.0002 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.144 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.4992, 58.6210, 14.9944)
Luminance	0.5862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC54B #4B74EE

analogous

#EE744B #EEC54B #C6EE4B

triadic

#EEC54B #4BEEC5 #C54BEE

tetradic

#EEC54B #4BEE74 #4B74EE #EE4BC6

square

#EEC54B #4BEE74 #4B74EE #EE4BC6

split-complementary

#EEC54B #4BC6EE #744BEE

monochromatic

#AE8610 #E6B216 #EEC54B #F3D783 #F9E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#EEC54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC54B

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC54B	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.144 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d683',
    500: '#eec54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec54b;
$custom-light: #f8d683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.908,
    "s": 82.741,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83772,
    "c": 0.14384,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC54B

secondary

#2F4FAF

accent

#3DDF06

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC54B

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

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