#EEC551#EEC551

#EEC551 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.140 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC551
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, 2.28, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 61.69, 87.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% 0.0015 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.14 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.7143, 58.7071, 16.1274)
Luminance	0.5870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC551 #517AEE

analogous

#EE7651 #EEC551 #C9EE51

triadic

#EEC551 #51EEC5 #C551EE

tetradic

#EEC551 #51EE76 #517AEE #EE51C9

square

#EEC551 #51EE76 #517AEE #EE51C9

split-complementary

#EEC551 #51C9EE #7651EE

monochromatic

#B38911 #E9B219 #EEC551 #F3D889 #F9EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#EEC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC551

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC551	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)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.140 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d687',
    500: '#eec551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec551;
$custom-light: #f7d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.331,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83824,
    "c": 0.13962,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC551

secondary

#3052B3

accent

#3FDF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC551

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

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