#EEC65C#EEC65C

#EEC65C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.132 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC65C
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 92)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 61.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, 2.44, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 57.24, 87.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% 0.0033 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.132 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.3885, 59.3413, 18.5544)
Luminance	0.5934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC65C #5C84EE

analogous

#EE7D5C #EEC65C #CDEE5C

triadic

#EEC65C #5CEEC6 #C65CEE

tetradic

#EEC65C #5CEE7D #5C84EE #EE5CCD

square

#EEC65C #5CEE7D #5C84EE #EE5CCD

split-complementary

#EEC65C #5CCDEE #7D5CEE

monochromatic

#BC8E14 #E8B325 #EEC65C #F4D993 #FAEDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#EEC65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC65C

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC65C	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.132 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d78e',
    500: '#eec65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec65c;
$custom-light: #f7d78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.562,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8413,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC65C

secondary

#3359BB

accent

#43DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC65C

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

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