#EEC559#EEC559

#EEC559 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.134 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC559
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, 2.76, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 58.29, 87.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% 0.0039 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.134 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.0322, 58.8342, 17.8014)
Luminance	0.5883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC559 #5982EE

analogous

#EE7B59 #EEC559 #CDEE59

triadic

#EEC559 #59EEC5 #C559EE

tetradic

#EEC559 #59EE7B #5982EE #EE59CD

square

#EEC559 #59EE7B #5982EE #EE59CD

split-complementary

#EEC559 #59CDEE #7B59EE

monochromatic

#BA8C13 #E8B221 #EEC559 #F4D891 #F9ECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#EEC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC559

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC559	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.134 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d68c',
    500: '#eec559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec559;
$custom-light: #f7d68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.49,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83902,
    "c": 0.13358,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC559

secondary

#3357B9

accent

#43DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC559

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

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