#EEC573#EEC573

#EEC573 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.111 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC573
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 115)
HSL	hsl(40, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 51.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, 4.70, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 46.50, 84.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% 0.0126 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.111 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.3231, 59.3506, 24.6001)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC573 #739CEE

analogous

#EE8873 #EEC573 #DAEE73

triadic

#EEC573 #73EEC5 #C573EE

tetradic

#EEC573 #73EE88 #739CEE #EE73DA

square

#EEC573 #73EE88 #739CEE #EE73DA

split-complementary

#EEC573 #73DAEE #8873EE

monochromatic

#CE9119 #E7AE3C #EEC573 #F5DCAA #FBF2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#EEC573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC573

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC573	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C46C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.111 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d69d',
    500: '#eec573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec573;
$custom-light: #f6d69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84216,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC573

secondary

#3E6CC7

accent

#50DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC573

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

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