#EEC659#EEC659

#EEC659 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.134 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC659
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, 2.24, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 58.55, 87.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% 0.0024 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.134 89)
XYZ	xyz(57.2600, 59.2899, 17.8774)
Luminance	0.5929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC659 #5981EE

analogous

#EE7C59 #EEC659 #CBEE59

triadic

#EEC659 #59EEC6 #C659EE

tetradic

#EEC659 #59EE7C #5981EE #EE59CB

square

#EEC659 #59EE7C #5981EE #EE59CB

split-complementary

#EEC659 #59CBEE #7C59EE

monochromatic

#BA8D13 #E8B321 #EEC659 #F4D991 #F9ECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#EEC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC659

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC659	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.134 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d78c',
    500: '#eec659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec659;
$custom-light: #f7d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.893,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84099,
    "c": 0.13413,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.59287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC659

secondary

#3357B9

accent

#41DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC659

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

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