#EEC591#EEC591

#EEC591 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.082 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC591
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 145)
HSL	hsl(34, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(34, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 39.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, 7.64, 31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 32.46, 76.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% 0.024 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.082 73)
XYZ	xyz(60.3387, 60.1568, 35.2157)
Luminance	0.6015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC591 #91BAEE

analogous

#EE9691 #EEC591 #E9EE91

triadic

#EEC591 #91EEC5 #C591EE

tetradic

#EEC591 #91EE96 #91BAEE #EE91E9

square

#EEC591 #91EE96 #91BAEE #EE91E9

split-complementary

#EEC591 #91E9EE #9691EE

monochromatic

#DE8D27 #E6A95C #EEC591 #F6E1C6 #FBF1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EEC591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#EEC591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC591

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC591	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C68D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED092

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.082 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d6b1',
    500: '#eec591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec591;
$custom-light: #f5d6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.548,
    "s": 73.228,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84705,
    "c": 0.08203,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.60154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC591

secondary

#5A8BCA

accent

#67D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC591

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

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