#EEC563#EEC563

#EEC563 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.125 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC563
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 99)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 58.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, 3.44, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 53.87, 86.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% 0.007 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.125 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.4810, 59.0138, 20.1651)
Luminance	0.5901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC563 #638CEE

analogous

#EE7F63 #EEC563 #D1EE63

triadic

#EEC563 #63EEC5 #C563EE

tetradic

#EEC563 #63EE7F #638CEE #EE63D1

square

#EEC563 #63EE7F #638CEE #EE63D1

split-complementary

#EEC563 #63D1EE #7F63EE

monochromatic

#C28F15 #E8B02C #EEC563 #F4DA9A #FAEED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#EEC563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC563

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC563	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)

#D9C45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.125 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d692',
    500: '#eec563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec563;
$custom-light: #f7d692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.302,
    "s": 80.347,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84011,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC563

secondary

#365EC0

accent

#47DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC563

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

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