#EEC55E#EEC55E

#EEC55E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.130 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC55E
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, 3.09, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 56.10, 86.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% 0.0054 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.13 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.2493, 58.9211, 18.9450)
Luminance	0.5892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC55E #5E87EE

analogous

#EE7D5E #EEC55E #CFEE5E

triadic

#EEC55E #5EEEC5 #C55EEE

tetradic

#EEC55E #5EEE7D #5E87EE #EE5ECF

square

#EEC55E #5EEE7D #5E87EE #EE5ECF

split-complementary

#EEC55E #5ECFEE #7D5EEE

monochromatic

#BE8D14 #E8B127 #EEC55E #F4D995 #FAEDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#EEC55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC55E

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC55E	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)

#D9C353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.130 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d68f',
    500: '#eec55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec55e;
$custom-light: #f7d68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.917,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83955,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC55E

secondary

#345BBC

accent

#45DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC55E

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

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