#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
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 65.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, 2.39, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 60.85, 87.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% 0.0021 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.138 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.7904, 58.7375, 16.5282)
Luminance	0.5873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##EEC553	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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