#EEC85C#EEC85C

#EEC85C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.133 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC85C
RGB	rgb(238, 200, 92)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 61.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, 1.40, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 57.76, 88.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% 0.0003 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.133 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.8487, 60.2616, 18.7078)
Luminance	0.6026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC85C #5C82EE

analogous

#EE7F5C #EEC85C #CBEE5C

triadic

#EEC85C #5CEEC8 #C85CEE

tetradic

#EEC85C #5CEE7F #5C82EE #EE5CCB

square

#EEC85C #5CEE7F #5C82EE #EE5CCB

split-complementary

#EEC85C #5CCBEE #7F5CEE

monochromatic

#BC9014 #E8B525 #EEC85C #F4DB93 #FAEDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EEC85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#EEC85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC85C

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC85C	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)

#DCC651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 200, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.133 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d88e',
    500: '#eec85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec85c;
$custom-light: #f7d88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.384,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84525,
    "c": 0.13289,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC85C

secondary

#3357BB

accent

#40DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC85C

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

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