#EEC553#EEC553

#EEC553 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.138 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EEC553
RGBrgb(238, 197, 83)
HSLhsl(44, 82%, 63%)
HSVhsv(44, 65%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17.2%, 65.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(81.15, 2.39, 60.81)
CIE-LCHlch(81.15, 60.85, 87.75°)
OKLaboklab(83.84% 0.0021 0.1381)
OKLCHoklch(83.84% 0.138 89.1)
XYZxyz(56.7904, 58.7375, 16.5282)
Luminance0.5873 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EEC553 #537CEE
analogous
#EE7753 #EEC553 #CAEE53
triadic
#EEC553 #53EEC5 #C553EE
tetradic
#EEC553 #53EE77 #537CEE #EE53CA
square
#EEC553 #53EE77 #537CEE #EE53CA
split-complementary
#EEC553 #53CAEE #7753EE
monochromatic
#B58A12 #E8B21B #EEC553 #F4D88B #F9EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65
#EEC553 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75
#EEC553 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC553
12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EEC553#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EEC5531.001.6512.7512.75
#FFFFFF1.651.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7521.001.001.00
##00000012.7521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC346
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CE58
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB6AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #eec553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.138 89.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d688',
    500: '#eec553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #eec553;
$custom-light: #f7d688;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#eec553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.129,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83843,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EEC553
secondary
#3154B4
accent
#40DE07
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18140C
muted
#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC553

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#EEC553 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva