#EEC56E#EEC56E

#EEC56E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.116 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC56E
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 110)
HSL	hsl(41, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(41, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 53.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, 4.28, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 48.83, 84.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% 0.0108 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.116 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.0431, 59.2386, 23.1258)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC56E #6E97EE

analogous

#EE856E #EEC56E #D7EE6E

triadic

#EEC56E #6EEEC5 #C56EEE

tetradic

#EEC56E #6EEE85 #6E97EE #EE6ED7

square

#EEC56E #6EEE85 #6E97EE #EE6ED7

split-complementary

#EEC56E #6ED7EE #856EEE

monochromatic

#CA9118 #E8AF37 #EEC56E #F4DBA5 #FBF1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#EEC56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC56E

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC56E	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.116 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d699',
    500: '#eec56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec56e;
$custom-light: #f6d699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.781,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84148,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC56E

secondary

#3A67C6

accent

#4DDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC56E

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

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