#EEC75E#EEC75E
#EEC75E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.131 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EEC75E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 199, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 81%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 61%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 60.5%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.75, 2.05, 56.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.75, 56.62, 87.92°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.35% 0.0024 0.1307) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.35% 0.131 88.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.7065, 59.8354, 19.0974) |
| Luminance | 0.5983 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.28
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.81
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.77
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.52
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.67
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.75
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EEC75E #5E85EE
analogous
#EE7F5E #EEC75E #CDEE5E
triadic
#EEC75E #5EEEC7 #C75EEE
tetradic
#EEC75E #5EEE7F #5E85EE #EE5ECD
square
#EEC75E #5EEE7F #5E85EE #EE5ECD
split-complementary
#EEC75E #5ECDEE #7F5EEE
monochromatic
#BE9014 #E8B427 #EEC75E #F4DA95 #FAEECD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.62
#EEC75E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.97
#EEC75E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EEC75E
12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EEC75E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EEC75E | 1.00 | 1.62 | 12.97 | 12.97 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.62 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC553
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D062
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB8B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eec75e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 199, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.131 88.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7d78f',
500: '#eec75e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eec75e; $custom-light: #f7d78f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eec75e",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 199,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.75,
"s": 80.899,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84349,
"c": 0.13068,
"h": 88.9
},
"luminance": 0.59832
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EEC75E
secondary
#3459BC
accent
#42DD08
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18140D
muted
#86837F