#EEC960#EEC960

#EEC960 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.130 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC960
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.27, 1.15, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.27, 56.27, 88.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% 0.0001 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.13 90)
XYZ	xyz(58.2606, 60.7981, 19.7306)
Luminance	0.6079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC960 #6085EE

analogous

#EE8260 #EEC960 #CCEE60

triadic

#EEC960 #60EEC9 #C960EE

tetradic

#EEC960 #60EE82 #6085EE #EE60CC

square

#EEC960 #60EE82 #6085EE #EE60CC

split-complementary

#EEC960 #60CCEE #8260EE

monochromatic

#BF9314 #E8B629 #EEC960 #F4DC97 #FAEFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EEC960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#EEC960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC960

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC960	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.130 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d990',
    500: '#eec960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec960;
$custom-light: #f7d990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.366,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84767,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.60795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC960

secondary

#3558BD

accent

#40DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC960

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

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