#EEC56D#EEC56D

#EEC56D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.117 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC56D
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 109)
HSL	hsl(41, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(41, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, 4.20, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 49.29, 85.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% 0.0105 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.117 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.9890, 59.2170, 22.8406)
Luminance	0.5921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC56D #6D96EE

analogous

#EE846D #EEC56D #D7EE6D

triadic

#EEC56D #6DEEC5 #C56DEE

tetradic

#EEC56D #6DEE84 #6D96EE #EE6DD7

square

#EEC56D #6DEE84 #6D96EE #EE6DD7

split-complementary

#EEC56D #6DD7EE #846DEE

monochromatic

#C99117 #E8AF36 #EEC56D #F4DBA4 #FBF1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#EEC56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC56D

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC56D	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C465

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.117 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d699',
    500: '#eec56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec56d;
$custom-light: #f6d699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.93,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84135,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC56D

secondary

#3966C6

accent

#4DDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC56D

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

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