#EEC55C#EEC55C

#EEC55C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.131 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC55C
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 92)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 61.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, 2.95, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 56.98, 87.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% 0.0048 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.131 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.1607, 58.8857, 18.4785)
Luminance	0.5888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC55C #5C85EE

analogous

#EE7C5C #EEC55C #CEEE5C

triadic

#EEC55C #5CEEC5 #C55CEE

tetradic

#EEC55C #5CEE7C #5C85EE #EE5CCE

square

#EEC55C #5CEE7C #5C85EE #EE5CCE

split-complementary

#EEC55C #5CCEEE #7C5CEE

monochromatic

#BC8D14 #E8B125 #EEC55C #F4D993 #FAECCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#EEC55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC55C

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC55C	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.131 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d68e',
    500: '#eec55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec55c;
$custom-light: #f7d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.151,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83933,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC55C

secondary

#3359BB

accent

#44DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC55C

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

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