#EEC757#EEC757

#EEC757 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.136 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC757
RGB	rgb(238, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, 1.60, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 59.66, 88.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% 0.0002 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.136 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.4065, 59.7154, 17.5175)
Luminance	0.5971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC757 #577EEE

analogous

#EE7B57 #EEC757 #CAEE57

triadic

#EEC757 #57EEC7 #C757EE

tetradic

#EEC757 #57EE7B #577EEE #EE57CA

square

#EEC757 #57EE7B #577EEE #EE57CA

split-complementary

#EEC757 #57CAEE #7B57EE

monochromatic

#B88D13 #E8B41F #EEC757 #F4DA8F #F9ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#EEC757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC757

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC757	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.136 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d78b',
    500: '#eec757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec757;
$custom-light: #f7d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.503,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84277,
    "c": 0.13626,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC757

secondary

#3254B7

accent

#3FDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC757

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

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