#EEC571#EEC571

#EEC571 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.113 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC571
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 113)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 52.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, 4.53, 47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 47.44, 84.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% 0.0119 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.113 84)
XYZ	xyz(58.2092, 59.3051, 24.0006)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC571 #719AEE

analogous

#EE8771 #EEC571 #D9EE71

triadic

#EEC571 #71EEC5 #C571EE

tetradic

#EEC571 #71EE87 #719AEE #EE71D9

square

#EEC571 #71EE87 #719AEE #EE71D9

split-complementary

#EEC571 #71D9EE #8771EE

monochromatic

#CC9118 #E7AF3A #EEC571 #F5DBA8 #FBF2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#EEC571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC571

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC571	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.113 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d69b',
    500: '#eec571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec571;
$custom-light: #f6d69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.32,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84189,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.59302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC571

secondary

#3D6AC7

accent

#4FDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC571

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

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