#EEC581#EEC581

#EEC581 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.098 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC581
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 129)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(37, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 45.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, 5.97, 39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 39.92, 81.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% 0.0178 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.098 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.1907, 59.6976, 29.1697)
Luminance	0.5969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC581 #81AAEE

analogous

#EE8F81 #EEC581 #E1EE81

triadic

#EEC581 #81EEC5 #C581EE

tetradic

#EEC581 #81EE8F #81AAEE #EE81E1

square

#EEC581 #81EE8F #81AAEE #EE81E1

split-complementary

#EEC581 #81E1EE #8F81EE

monochromatic

#D8911D #E7AC4B #EEC581 #F5DEB7 #FBF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#EEC581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC581

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC581	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C57C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CF83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.098 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d6a6',
    500: '#eec581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec581;
$custom-light: #f5d6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.431,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84427,
    "c": 0.09771,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC581

secondary

#4B7AC8

accent

#5AD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC581

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

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