#EEC650#EEC650

#EEC650 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.141 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC650
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 66.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.37, 1.70, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.37, 62.35, 88.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.0003 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.141 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9049, 59.1478, 16.0073)
Luminance	0.5914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC650 #5078EE

analogous

#EE7750 #EEC650 #C7EE50

triadic

#EEC650 #50EEC6 #C650EE

tetradic

#EEC650 #50EE77 #5078EE #EE50C7

square

#EEC650 #50EE77 #5078EE #EE50C7

split-complementary

#EEC650 #50C7EE #7750EE

monochromatic

#B28A11 #E9B418 #EEC650 #F3D888 #F9EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#EEC650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC650

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC650	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.141 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d786',
    500: '#eec650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec650;
$custom-light: #f7d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.81,
    "s": 82.292,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84013,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC650

secondary

#3051B2

accent

#3DDF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC650

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

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