#EEC580#EEC580

#EEC580 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.099 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC580
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 128)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(38, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 46.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, 5.88, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 40.39, 81.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% 0.0174 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.099 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.1246, 59.6712, 28.8213)
Luminance	0.5967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC580 #80A9EE

analogous

#EE8E80 #EEC580 #E0EE80

triadic

#EEC580 #80EEC5 #C580EE

tetradic

#EEC580 #80EE8E #80A9EE #EE80E0

square

#EEC580 #80EE8E #80A9EE #EE80E0

split-complementary

#EEC580 #80E0EE #8E80EE

monochromatic

#D7911D #E7AC4A #EEC580 #F5DEB6 #FBF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC580 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#EEC580 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC580

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC580	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC580	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C57B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CF82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec580;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.099 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d6a6',
    500: '#eec580',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec580;
$custom-light: #f6d6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec580",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.636,
    "s": 76.389,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84411,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC580

secondary

#4A79C8

accent

#59D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC580

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

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