#EEC657#EEC657

#EEC657 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.136 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC657
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, 2.12, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 59.41, 87.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% 0.0017 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.136 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.1772, 59.2567, 17.4411)
Luminance	0.5925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC657 #577FEE

analogous

#EE7A57 #EEC657 #CAEE57

triadic

#EEC657 #57EEC6 #C657EE

tetradic

#EEC657 #57EE7A #577FEE #EE57CA

square

#EEC657 #57EE7A #577FEE #EE57CA

split-complementary

#EEC657 #57CAEE #7A57EE

monochromatic

#B88C13 #E8B31F #EEC657 #F4D98F #F9ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#EEC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC657

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC657	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.136 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d78b',
    500: '#eec657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec657;
$custom-light: #f7d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.106,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84079,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC657

secondary

#3255B7

accent

#40DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC657

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

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