#EEC55B#EEC55B

#EEC55B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.132 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC55B
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, 2.89, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 57.42, 87.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% 0.0045 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.132 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.1173, 58.8683, 18.2498)
Luminance	0.5887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC55B #5B84EE

analogous

#EE7C5B #EEC55B #CEEE5B

triadic

#EEC55B #5BEEC5 #C55BEE

tetradic

#EEC55B #5BEE7C #5B84EE #EE5BCE

square

#EEC55B #5BEE7C #5B84EE #EE5BCE

split-complementary

#EEC55B #5BCEEE #7C5BEE

monochromatic

#BB8C13 #E8B124 #EEC55B #F4D992 #F9ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#EEC55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC55B

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC55B	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)

#D9C350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.132 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d68d',
    500: '#eec55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec55b;
$custom-light: #f7d68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.265,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83923,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC55B

secondary

#3359BA

accent

#44DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC55B

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

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