#EEC65E#EEC65E

#EEC65E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.130 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC65E
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, 2.57, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 56.36, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% 0.0039 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.13 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.4771, 59.3767, 19.0209)
Luminance	0.5937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC65E #5E86EE

analogous

#EE7E5E #EEC65E #CEEE5E

triadic

#EEC65E #5EEEC6 #C65EEE

tetradic

#EEC65E #5EEE7E #5E86EE #EE5ECE

square

#EEC65E #5EEE7E #5E86EE #EE5ECE

split-complementary

#EEC65E #5ECEEE #7E5EEE

monochromatic

#BE8E14 #E8B227 #EEC65E #F4DA95 #FAEDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#EEC65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC65E

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC65E	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)

#DAC453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.130 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d78f',
    500: '#eec65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec65e;
$custom-light: #f7d78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84152,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC65E

secondary

#345ABC

accent

#43DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC65E

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

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