#EEC861#EEC861

#EEC861 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.129 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC861
RGB	rgb(238, 200, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, 1.74, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 55.55, 88.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% 0.0019 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.129 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.0745, 60.3519, 19.8971)
Luminance	0.6035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC861 #6187EE

analogous

#EE8161 #EEC861 #CDEE61

triadic

#EEC861 #61EEC8 #C861EE

tetradic

#EEC861 #61EE81 #6187EE #EE61CD

square

#EEC861 #61EE81 #6187EE #EE61CD

split-complementary

#EEC861 #61CDEE #8161EE

monochromatic

#C09215 #E8B52A #EEC861 #F4DB98 #FAEED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EEC861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#EEC861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC861

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC861	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 200, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.129 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d891',
    500: '#eec861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec861;
$custom-light: #f7d891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.83,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8458,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC861

secondary

#355ABE

accent

#42DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC861

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

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