#EEC56F#EEC56F

#EEC56F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.115 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC56F
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 111)
HSL	hsl(41, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(41, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 53.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, 4.36, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 48.37, 84.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% 0.0112 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.115 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.0979, 59.2605, 23.4141)
Luminance	0.5926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC56F #6F98EE

analogous

#EE856F #EEC56F #D7EE6F

triadic

#EEC56F #6FEEC5 #C56FEE

tetradic

#EEC56F #6FEE85 #6F98EE #EE6FD7

square

#EEC56F #6FEE85 #6F98EE #EE6FD7

split-complementary

#EEC56F #6FD7EE #856FEE

monochromatic

#CB9118 #E8AF38 #EEC56F #F4DBA6 #FBF1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#EEC56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC56F

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC56F	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)

#D8C468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.115 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d69a',
    500: '#eec56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec56f;
$custom-light: #f6d69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.63,
    "s": 78.882,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84162,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC56F

secondary

#3B68C6

accent

#4EDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC56F

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

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