#EEC85B#EEC85B

#EEC85B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.134 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC85B
RGB	rgb(238, 200, 91)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, 1.34, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 58.20, 88.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% 0 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.134 90)
XYZ	xyz(57.8053, 60.2442, 18.4791)
Luminance	0.6024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC85B #5B81EE

analogous

#EE7F5B #EEC85B #CAEE5B

triadic

#EEC85B #5BEEC8 #C85BEE

tetradic

#EEC85B #5BEE7F #5B81EE #EE5BCA

square

#EEC85B #5BEE7F #5B81EE #EE5BCA

split-complementary

#EEC85B #5BCAEE #7F5BEE

monochromatic

#BB9013 #E8B524 #EEC85B #F4DB92 #F9EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EEC85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#EEC85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC85B

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC85B	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 200, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.134 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d88d',
    500: '#eec85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec85b;
$custom-light: #f7d88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.49,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84515,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.60241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC85B

secondary

#3356BA

accent

#3FDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC85B

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

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