#EEC550#EEC550

#EEC550 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.140 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC550
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(44, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 66.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, 2.22, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 62.10, 87.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% 0.0012 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.14 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.6771, 58.6922, 15.9313)
Luminance	0.5869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC550 #5079EE

analogous

#EE7650 #EEC550 #C8EE50

triadic

#EEC550 #50EEC5 #C550EE

tetradic

#EEC550 #50EE76 #5079EE #EE50C8

square

#EEC550 #50EE76 #5079EE #EE50C8

split-complementary

#EEC550 #50C8EE #7650EE

monochromatic

#B28911 #E9B318 #EEC550 #F3D788 #F9EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#EEC550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC550

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC550	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.140 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d686',
    500: '#eec550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec550;
$custom-light: #f7d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.43,
    "s": 82.292,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83815,
    "c": 0.14035,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC550

secondary

#3052B2

accent

#3FDF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC550

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

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