#EEC54F#EEC54F

#EEC54F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.141 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC54F
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 79)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 66.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, 2.16, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 62.51, 88.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% 0.0009 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.141 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.6404, 58.6775, 15.7382)
Luminance	0.5867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC54F #4F78EE

analogous

#EE754F #EEC54F #C8EE4F

triadic

#EEC54F #4FEEC5 #C54FEE

tetradic

#EEC54F #4FEE75 #4F78EE #EE4FC8

square

#EEC54F #4FEE75 #4F78EE #EE4FC8

split-complementary

#EEC54F #4FC8EE #754FEE

monochromatic

#B18811 #E9B317 #EEC54F #F3D787 #F9EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC54F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#EEC54F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC54F

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC54F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC54F	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec54f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.141 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d686',
    500: '#eec54f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec54f;
$custom-light: #f7d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec54f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.528,
    "s": 82.383,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83806,
    "c": 0.14106,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC54F

secondary

#3051B2

accent

#3EDF07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC54F

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

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