#EEC65A#EEC65A

#EEC65A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.133 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC65A
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 90)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, 2.30, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 58.11, 87.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% 0.0027 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.133 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.3023, 59.3068, 18.1000)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC65A #5A82EE

analogous

#EE7C5A #EEC65A #CCEE5A

triadic

#EEC65A #5AEEC6 #C65AEE

tetradic

#EEC65A #5AEE7C #5A82EE #EE5ACC

square

#EEC65A #5AEE7C #5A82EE #EE5ACC

split-complementary

#EEC65A #5ACCEE #7C5AEE

monochromatic

#BA8D13 #E8B323 #EEC65A #F4D991 #F9ECC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#EEC65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC65A

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC65A	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)

#DAC44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.133 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d78d',
    500: '#eec65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec65a;
$custom-light: #f7d78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.784,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84109,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC65A

secondary

#3357B9

accent

#42DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC65A

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

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