#EEC859#EEC859

#EEC859 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.135 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC859
RGB	rgb(238, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.95, 1.21, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.95, 59.07, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.0006 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.135 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.7202, 60.2102, 18.0307)
Luminance	0.6021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC859 #597FEE

analogous

#EE7E59 #EEC859 #CAEE59

triadic

#EEC859 #59EEC8 #C859EE

tetradic

#EEC859 #59EE7E #597FEE #EE59CA

square

#EEC859 #59EE7E #597FEE #EE59CA

split-complementary

#EEC859 #59CAEE #7E59EE

monochromatic

#BA8F13 #E8B621 #EEC859 #F4DA91 #F9EDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EEC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#EEC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC859

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC859	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.135 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d88c',
    500: '#eec859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec859;
$custom-light: #f7d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.698,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84495,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC859

secondary

#3355B9

accent

#3EDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC859

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

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