#EEC561#EEC561

#EEC561 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.127 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC561
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, 3.29, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 54.76, 86.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% 0.0064 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.127 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.3866, 58.9760, 19.6678)
Luminance	0.5897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC561 #618AEE

analogous

#EE7E61 #EEC561 #D0EE61

triadic

#EEC561 #61EEC5 #C561EE

tetradic

#EEC561 #61EE7E #618AEE #EE61D0

square

#EEC561 #61EE7E #618AEE #EE61D0

split-complementary

#EEC561 #61D0EE #7E61EE

monochromatic

#C08E15 #E8B12A #EEC561 #F4D998 #FAEED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#EEC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC561

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC561	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.127 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d691',
    500: '#eec561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec561;
$custom-light: #f7d691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.553,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83988,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC561

secondary

#355DBE

accent

#46DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC561

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

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