#EEC759#EEC759

#EEC759 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.135 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC759
RGB	rgb(238, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, 1.72, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 58.80, 88.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% 0.0009 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.135 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.4893, 59.7485, 17.9538)
Luminance	0.5975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC759 #5980EE

analogous

#EE7D59 #EEC759 #CBEE59

triadic

#EEC759 #59EEC7 #C759EE

tetradic

#EEC759 #59EE7D #5980EE #EE59CB

square

#EEC759 #59EE7D #5980EE #EE59CB

split-complementary

#EEC759 #59CBEE #7D59EE

monochromatic

#BA8E13 #E8B421 #EEC759 #F4DA91 #F9ECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#EEC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC759

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC759	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.135 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d78c',
    500: '#eec759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec759;
$custom-light: #f7d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.295,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84297,
    "c": 0.1347,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC759

secondary

#3356B9

accent

#40DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC759

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

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