#EEC557#EEC557

#EEC557 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.135 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC557
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, 2.63, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 59.15, 87.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% 0.0032 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.135 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.9493, 58.8011, 17.3651)
Luminance	0.5880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC557 #5780EE

analogous

#EE7957 #EEC557 #CBEE57

triadic

#EEC557 #57EEC5 #C557EE

tetradic

#EEC557 #57EE79 #5780EE #EE57CB

square

#EEC557 #57EE79 #5780EE #EE57CB

split-complementary

#EEC557 #57CBEE #7957EE

monochromatic

#B88B13 #E8B21F #EEC557 #F4D88F #F9EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#EEC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC557

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC557	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.135 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d68b',
    500: '#eec557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec557;
$custom-light: #f7d68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.709,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83882,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC557

secondary

#3256B7

accent

#42DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC557

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

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