#EEC565#EEC565

#EEC565 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.124 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC565
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.32, 3.58, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.32, 52.96, 86.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% 0.0077 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.124 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.5778, 59.0525, 20.6749)
Luminance	0.5905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC565 #658EEE

analogous

#EE8165 #EEC565 #D3EE65

triadic

#EEC565 #65EEC5 #C565EE

tetradic

#EEC565 #65EE81 #658EEE #EE65D3

square

#EEC565 #65EE81 #658EEE #EE65D3

split-complementary

#EEC565 #65D3EE #8165EE

monochromatic

#C38F16 #E8B02E #EEC565 #F4DA9C #FAEFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#EEC565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC565

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC565	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.124 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d693',
    500: '#eec565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec565;
$custom-light: #f7d693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.044,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84035,
    "c": 0.12367,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC565

secondary

#3660C1

accent

#48DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC565

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

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