#EEC857#EEC857

#EEC857 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.137 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC857
RGB	rgb(238, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.93, 1.08, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.93, 59.93, 88.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.0012 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.137 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.6373, 60.1770, 17.5944)
Luminance	0.6017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC857 #577DEE

analogous

#EE7C57 #EEC857 #C8EE57

triadic

#EEC857 #57EEC8 #C857EE

tetradic

#EEC857 #57EE7C #577DEE #EE57C8

square

#EEC857 #57EE7C #577DEE #EE57C8

split-complementary

#EEC857 #57C8EE #7C57EE

monochromatic

#B88E13 #E8B61F #EEC857 #F4DA8F #F9ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EEC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#EEC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC857

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC857	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.137 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d88b',
    500: '#eec857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec857;
$custom-light: #f7d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.901,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84475,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC857

secondary

#3254B7

accent

#3DDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC857

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

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