#EEC761#EEC761

#EEC761 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.128 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC761
RGB	rgb(238, 199, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, 2.26, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 55.28, 87.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% 0.0034 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.128 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.8437, 59.8903, 19.8202)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC761 #6188EE

analogous

#EE8061 #EEC761 #CFEE61

triadic

#EEC761 #61EEC7 #C761EE

tetradic

#EEC761 #61EE80 #6188EE #EE61CF

square

#EEC761 #61EE80 #6188EE #EE61CF

split-complementary

#EEC761 #61CFEE #8061EE

monochromatic

#C09115 #E8B32A #EEC761 #F4DB98 #FAEED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#EEC761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC761

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC761	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 199, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.128 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d791',
    500: '#eec761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec761;
$custom-light: #f7d791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.404,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84382,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC761

secondary

#355BBE

accent

#43DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC761

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

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