#EEC962#EEC962

#EEC962 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.129 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC962
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, 1.29, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 55.37, 88.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% 0.0007 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.129 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.3538, 60.8354, 20.2217)
Luminance	0.6083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC962 #6287EE

analogous

#EE8362 #EEC962 #CDEE62

triadic

#EEC962 #62EEC9 #C962EE

tetradic

#EEC962 #62EE83 #6287EE #EE62CD

square

#EEC962 #62EE83 #6287EE #EE62CD

split-complementary

#EEC962 #62CDEE #8362EE

monochromatic

#C19315 #E8B62B #EEC962 #F4DC99 #FAEFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EEC962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#EEC962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC962

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC962	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.129 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d992',
    500: '#eec962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec962;
$custom-light: #f7d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.143,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84789,
    "c": 0.12853,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC962

secondary

#355ABF

accent

#41DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC962

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

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