#EEC55A#EEC55A

#EEC55A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.133 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC55A
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, 2.82, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 57.86, 87.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% 0.0042 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.133 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.0745, 58.8511, 18.0241)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC55A #5A83EE

analogous

#EE7B5A #EEC55A #CDEE5A

triadic

#EEC55A #5AEEC5 #C55AEE

tetradic

#EEC55A #5AEE7B #5A83EE #EE5ACD

square

#EEC55A #5AEE7B #5A83EE #EE5ACD

split-complementary

#EEC55A #5ACDEE #7B5AEE

monochromatic

#BA8C13 #E8B123 #EEC55A #F4D991 #F9ECC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#EEC55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC55A

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC55A	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)

#D9C34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.133 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d68c',
    500: '#eec55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec55a;
$custom-light: #f7d68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.378,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83912,
    "c": 0.13278,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC55A

secondary

#3358B9

accent

#43DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC55A

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

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