#EEC079#EEC079

#EEC079 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.103 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC079
RGB	rgb(238, 192, 121)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(36, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, 7.83, 41.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 42.56, 79.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% 0.0225 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.103 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.5631, 57.2601, 26.1058)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC079 #79A7EE

analogous

#EE8579 #EEC079 #E2EE79

triadic

#EEC079 #79EEC0 #C079EE

tetradic

#EEC079 #79EE85 #79A7EE #EE79E2

square

#EEC079 #79EE85 #79A7EE #EE79E2

split-complementary

#EEC079 #79E2EE #8579EE

monochromatic

#D28A1B #E7A643 #EEC079 #F5DAAF #FCF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EEC079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#EEC079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC079

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC079	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 192, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.103 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d2a1',
    500: '#eec079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec079;
$custom-light: #f6d2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.41,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83333,
    "c": 0.10339,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC079

secondary

#4478C7

accent

#5DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC079

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

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