#EEC562#EEC562

#EEC562 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.126 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC562
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 98)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, 3.37, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 54.32, 86.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84% 0.0067 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.126 87)
XYZ	xyz(57.4335, 58.9947, 19.9149)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC562 #628BEE

analogous

#EE7F62 #EEC562 #D1EE62

triadic

#EEC562 #62EEC5 #C562EE

tetradic

#EEC562 #62EE7F #628BEE #EE62D1

square

#EEC562 #62EE7F #628BEE #EE62D1

split-complementary

#EEC562 #62D1EE #7F62EE

monochromatic

#C18E15 #E8B12B #EEC562 #F4D999 #FAEED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#EEC562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC562

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC562	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.126 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d692',
    500: '#eec562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec562;
$custom-light: #f7d692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.429,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.58991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC562

secondary

#355EBF

accent

#47DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC562

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

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