#EEC661#EEC661

#EEC661 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.128 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC661
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, 2.78, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 55.02, 87.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% 0.0049 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.128 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.6144, 59.4316, 19.7437)
Luminance	0.5943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC661 #6189EE

analogous

#EE7F61 #EEC661 #CFEE61

triadic

#EEC661 #61EEC6 #C661EE

tetradic

#EEC661 #61EE7F #6189EE #EE61CF

square

#EEC661 #61EE7F #6189EE #EE61CF

split-complementary

#EEC661 #61CFEE #7F61EE

monochromatic

#C08F15 #E8B22A #EEC661 #F4DA98 #FAEED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#EEC661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC661

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC661	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.128 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d791',
    500: '#eec661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec661;
$custom-light: #f7d791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.979,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84185,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC661

secondary

#355CBE

accent

#45DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC661

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

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