#EEC587#EEC587

#EEC587 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.092 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC587
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 135)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(36, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 43.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, 6.57, 36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 37.10, 79.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% 0.0201 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.092 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6013, 59.8619, 31.3321)
Luminance	0.5986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC587 #87B0EE

analogous

#EE9287 #EEC587 #E3EE87

triadic

#EEC587 #87EEC5 #C587EE

tetradic

#EEC587 #87EE92 #87B0EE #EE87E3

square

#EEC587 #87EE92 #87B0EE #EE87E3

split-complementary

#EEC587 #87E3EE #9287EE

monochromatic

#DC911F #E6AB51 #EEC587 #F6DFBD #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#EEC587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC587

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC587	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCF89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.092 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d6aa',
    500: '#eec587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec587;
$custom-light: #f5d6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.117,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84526,
    "c": 0.09183,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC587

secondary

#5080C9

accent

#5ED70E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171410

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC587

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

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