#EEC862#EEC862

#EEC862 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.128 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC862
RGB	rgb(238, 200, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.04, 1.81, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.04, 55.10, 88.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% 0.0022 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.128 89)
XYZ	xyz(58.1215, 60.3707, 20.1442)
Luminance	0.6037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC862 #6288EE

analogous

#EE8262 #EEC862 #CEEE62

triadic

#EEC862 #62EEC8 #C862EE

tetradic

#EEC862 #62EE82 #6288EE #EE62CE

square

#EEC862 #62EE82 #6288EE #EE62CE

split-complementary

#EEC862 #62CEEE #8262EE

monochromatic

#C19215 #E8B52B #EEC862 #F4DB99 #FAEFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EEC862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#EEC862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC862

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC862	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)

#DCC658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 200, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.128 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d892',
    500: '#eec862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec862;
$custom-light: #f7d892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.714,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84591,
    "c": 0.12793,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.60368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC862

secondary

#355BBF

accent

#42DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC862

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

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