#EEC55D#EEC55D

#EEC55D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.130 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC55D
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 60.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, 3.02, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 56.54, 86.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% 0.0051 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.13 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.2047, 58.9033, 18.7102)
Luminance	0.5890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC55D #5D86EE

analogous

#EE7C5D #EEC55D #CFEE5D

triadic

#EEC55D #5DEEC5 #C55DEE

tetradic

#EEC55D #5DEE7C #5D86EE #EE5DCF

square

#EEC55D #5DEE7C #5D86EE #EE5DCF

split-complementary

#EEC55D #5DCFEE #7C5DEE

monochromatic

#BD8D14 #E8B126 #EEC55D #F4D994 #FAEDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#EEC55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC55D

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC55D	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)

#D9C352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.130 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d68e',
    500: '#eec55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec55d;
$custom-light: #f7d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.034,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83944,
    "c": 0.13038,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC55D

secondary

#345ABB

accent

#44DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC55D

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

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